An Electronic
Design article discusses whether the future of robots
shold be life-like androids or general-purpose humanoids. Hiroshi
Ishiguro argues for androids while Stephen Keeney, of Honda,
believes humanoids are
the way to go. For androids to be accepted in human society, the uncanny
valley must be bridged. This makes androids a more difficult and
expensive goal. Keeney argues that robots don't need to replace humans,
just serve as tools that make our life better, so a humanoid design like
ASIMO should work well. He also points out that years of science
fiction have led people, even children, to have a great deal of
acceptence of mechanical-looking humanoid robots. The article suggests
that eventually, the only difference between the two will be exterior
appearance, "take ASIMO's underlying technologies and apply
human-looking skin made of silicon with integrated piezoelectric touch
sensors and plenty of actuators for controlling facial features. You'd
get Hiroshi Ishiguro's Androids."
Source: http://www.netchain.com
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