At IMR: I guess they are kind of like an advanced Icybie but with a kick butt camera on board. The motors are really loud but they are more durable than those used in the Aibos. They have more... load strength I guess? I want to say they're called Hercuflex or something and the gear housings are closed which means less risk of debris getting inside. The voice command isn't that bad but it can get annoying when you don't have anything to say and the robot keeps pausing to listen. It's kind of a blend of pleo and Aibo technology. Rather than hearing both background noise and human speech and interpriting all of it as a command like the Aibo does, the Genibo pauses occationally to listen to your voice. The robot's microphones are in its shoulders so it has to be still in order to hear properly. The robot takes the words you say and matches them with the recordings in its memory. The whole process takes ten seconds- three seconds of listening and then another seven to find a match. If they match, it will perform that particular action. Fortunately, you don't have to pre-record them as you do for the RB.
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Topic: Introducing Hercules the white Genibo SD (Read 6855 times)