Sony's New Bi-Pedal Robot [Slashdot: News for nerds, stuff that matters] Also on FoxNews and BBC Sci Tech (with pictures) and SmartMoney.com

Very cool tech.

Higgins in a can? Or a walking version of the Teddy Bear that I commented on a while back? Simple versions of future search and rescue bots that will be ableto dig through rubble and find people? Imagine a team of sensor equipped AIBO dogs that report to a future version of the SDR-4X, who in turn feeds info to the humans who control them. The Aibos are equipped with infared sensors and have some sense of smell, looking out for urea, e coli, and blood. since they are smaller than most S&R dogs, and are literally built for this work, they can get into places that normal dogs can't, and can be fitted with sensors appropriate for their environments. Radiation, heat, biological, bombs, whatever you need.  Need to scope out a building for anthrax? Tent it up and send in the bots.

Future versions of this bot could also serve as the personification of your own Major Domo/home server, following you around.

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