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04-09-2016, 11:02 PM
Google's bipedal robot reveals the future of manual labor
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Google recently put up its Boston Dynamics robotics unit up for sale (http://mashable.com/2016/03/17/google-robots-sale/), but that doesn't mean that the company is getting out of the automaton business
A new bipedal robot from Google's Schaft robotics was shown off on Friday at the New Eco**mic Summit (http://nes.jane.or.jp/en/) conference in Tokyo, Japan (http://mashable.com/category/japan/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial) on Friday
See also: Panasonic gives us our first look at bionic factory workers (http://mashable.com/2016/03/19/panasonic-exoskeleton/?utm_campaign=&utm_context=textlink&utm_medium=rss&utm_source=)
The small robot (http://mashable.com/category/robot/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial) is shown walking in a number of situations that can be challenging even for humans, including a sandy beach, a rocky terrain, s**w, and a steep, narrow staircase
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At one point during the demonstration video (top of page), we even see how the robot handles random, rolling obstacles thrown under its "feet." Spoiler: It handles the surprise instability better than many humans might Read more... (http://mashable.com/2016/04/09/google-bipedal-robot/)
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Google recently put up its Boston Dynamics robotics unit up for sale (http://mashable.com/2016/03/17/google-robots-sale/), but that doesn't mean that the company is getting out of the automaton business
A new bipedal robot from Google's Schaft robotics was shown off on Friday at the New Eco**mic Summit (http://nes.jane.or.jp/en/) conference in Tokyo, Japan (http://mashable.com/category/japan/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial) on Friday
See also: Panasonic gives us our first look at bionic factory workers (http://mashable.com/2016/03/19/panasonic-exoskeleton/?utm_campaign=&utm_context=textlink&utm_medium=rss&utm_source=)
The small robot (http://mashable.com/category/robot/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial) is shown walking in a number of situations that can be challenging even for humans, including a sandy beach, a rocky terrain, s**w, and a steep, narrow staircase
http://rack.2.mshcdn.com/media/ZgkyMDE2LzA0LzA5LzA3L3JvYjg3MC4wOTZmYS5qcGcKcAl0aH VtYgk1NzV4NDA5Nj4/5c6b734b/231/rob870.jpgVideo: YouTube, mehdi_san (http://mashable.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/rob870.jpg?utm_campaign=&utm_context=textlink&utm_medium=rss&utm_source=)
At one point during the demonstration video (top of page), we even see how the robot handles random, rolling obstacles thrown under its "feet." Spoiler: It handles the surprise instability better than many humans might Read more... (http://mashable.com/2016/04/09/google-bipedal-robot/)
More about Google (http://mashable.com/category/google/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial), Japan (http://mashable.com/category/japan/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial), Robots (http://mashable.com/category/robots/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial), Tech (http://mashable.com/tech/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial), and Gadgets (http://mashable.com/gadgets/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial)http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/Mashable/~4/HD54kjYf98w