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Old Aug 17, 2004 | 11:59 PM
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The title says it all.

http://pc.watch.impress.co.jp/docs/2004/0810/robo84.mpg

http://pc.watch.impress.co.jp/docs/2004/0810/robo23.mpg
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Old Aug 18, 2004 | 12:11 AM
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They're not fighting! They're just wobbling around, but I like the one holding a knife.
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Old Aug 18, 2004 | 09:18 PM
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Well they are the first of their kind so they are not perfect. I personally can't wait to see what they will be able to do in the nearby future. Maybe they'll start selling fighting robot kits down the line. Anyways, here's another vid which involves a robot landing a few power punches. It's much better than the first two and is less than a megabyte.

http://robolympics.net/boingboing/r1-boxing1.mpg

I think this stuff is cool.
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Old Aug 18, 2004 | 09:31 PM
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Are you saying you want to see them perfected so they can start fighting and killing humans?
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Old Aug 18, 2004 | 10:04 PM
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wow, was there some rule that all competing robots had to follow the same non-creative design, and suck horribly They weren't fighting, they were gently, slowly, thrashing in close proximity
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Old Aug 19, 2004 | 10:00 AM
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Originally Posted by yellafeva,Aug 18 2004, 09:31 PM
Are you saying you want to see them perfected so they can start fighting and killing humans?
I don't find that funny, Technology is a double edge sword. Robots are a BAD idea.
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