Charles: The Robot Mimic from Cambridge

RE: Charles: The Robot Mimic from Cambridge

mcb1 — Sat, 07 Apr 2018 01:46:13 GMT

Might be interesting to see what Weta Studio can do with him.

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These were the models they did for the gallipoli exhibition at TePapa.

Having seen them in person, they were mind blowing how detailed and real they looked.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rpNrKIcG_kU

Cheers

Mark

RE: Charles: The Robot Mimic from Cambridge

shabaz — Fri, 06 Apr 2018 17:03:43 GMT

Pr. Robinson insists that there cannot be anything to fear given that robots can be unplugged anytime

And yet around Y2K time there was genuine concern that things could go wrong - and that was before Industry 4.0.

Also, in theory software can be created so it cannot practically be "unplugged" - for instance software that runs and hides in clouds, either on its own or as malware, replicating itself when needed - who is going to tell Amazon to switch off their entire data-centres and bring things to a halt for millions of businesses worldwide : )

Also, maybe Cambridge University should get their house in order and focus on teaching its researchers ethics, so that they do not sell data to third parties who then go and misuse it. Generally the whole field of engineering recently got tarnished with the VW scandal amongst other things - perhaps killing thousands with pollution every year - perhaps it is about time ethics ought to be better taught in universities.

RE: Charles: The Robot Mimic from Cambridge

genebren — Fri, 06 Apr 2018 15:39:57 GMT

Very nice. There is some very realistic skin and hair and the movements do appear to be quite real also.

Gene