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"Habshi" |
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17 Jan 2004 04:21:17 PM |
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Robots now better than humans at telling jokes. |
Its a time to put a limit on microprocessor power.
bbc.co.uk
Qrio the robot makes acting debut
Could this be Qrio's Oscar-winning performance?
It has already prove it can boogie and jog, but now the Japanese
humanoid robot, Qrio, has made its TV debut.
Sony's child-sized, shiny performer recorded its voice for a cameo
part in a top Japanese cartoon show, Astro Boy.
Before delivering its line, Qrio joked with the audience, saying: "All
this attention is making me nervous."
Qrio's "voice" is generated using software that converts text to
speech. Sony uses the robot as an ambassador for its products at
events.
Say it with feeling
Japanese actress Miki Maruyama, 16, who plays the part of one of the
children in the programme was very impressed with Qrio's acting
abilities.
"I couldn't believe it was a robot. It said the lines better than me,"
she said.
Qrio - which stands for "quest for curiosity" - even showed it could
withstand a director's fickle requests, bringing a whole new meaning
to the expression "robotic acting".
When asked to put more musical feeling into its line delivery, the
robot started to sing.
The 58cm-tall (23 inch) robot has been animated to play its part in
the latest remake of the popular cartoon, which is due to be shown on
US and Japanese TV.
Based on a 1950s comic series by Osamu Tezuka, Astro Boy tells the
tale of a super-strong boy-like robot who has a human heart.
"All this attention is making me nervous"
For its part, the cartoon Qrio tells a story to some children under a
tree and says, "At last the young man fell under a spell. But he could
not give up."
Qrio impressed Kazuya Konaka, Astro Boy's director, too.
"Our message is that robots are our partners", he said.
"This has demonstrated that robots and human beings can work
together."
Flesh and blood actors need not fear for their jobs just yet. Yuichi
Hattori, Sony's senior manager admitted Qrio was not really responding
to what the director was saying.
It was actually being directed to say its pre-programmed lines
remotely from an operator in a booth using a wireless connection.
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| User: "Uncle Al" |
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| Title: Re: Robots now better than humans at telling jokes. |
17 Jan 2004 06:12:09 PM |
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Habshi wrote:
Its a time to put a limit on microprocessor power.
bbc.co.uk
Qrio the robot makes acting debut
[snip]
1.1 billion wogs rendered obsolete.
All US service-sector and programming jobs moved to China.
Vancouver taxis driven by Windows CE.
Rag chapeau stocks plummet.
1.1 billion wogs rendered.
"I couldn't believe it was a robot. It said the lines better than me,"
she said.
[snip]
"than I." No doubt.
"Our message is that robots are our partners", he said.
[snip]
If it can vibrate at 15 Hz like the Harry Potter flying broom, it's
going to be a winner - both for the manufacturers and for battery
merchants. Man, you could't get little girls off the thing (and then
their big sisters).
Uncle Al saw Michael Jackson in "The Wiz." Uncle Al knows all about
"feeling a brand new day."
http://vc.bc.ca/wiz/video/everybody-rejoice_500.ram
For the slow of Canukistani Black enculturation. Get jiggy.
http://www.musicindiaonline.com/music/l/WW000H1K
Dig the competition. Ha ha ha.
--
Uncle Al
http://www.mazepath.com/uncleal/qz.pdf
http://www.mazepath.com/uncleal/eotvos.htm
(Do something naughty to physics)
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| User: "The Ghost In The Machine" |
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| Title: Re: Robots now better than humans at telling jokes. |
18 Jan 2004 03:00:18 PM |
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In sci.physics, Uncle Al
<UncleAl0@hate.spam.net>
wrote
on Sat, 17 Jan 2004 16:12:09 -0800
<4009CF59.9C834E38@hate.spam.net>:
Habshi wrote:
Its a time to put a limit on microprocessor power.
bbc.co.uk
Qrio the robot makes acting debut
[snip]
1.1 billion wogs rendered obsolete.
All US service-sector and programming jobs moved to China.
The effect is not limited to the US; Mexico is also suffering.
Vancouver taxis driven by Windows CE.
Thank you, I think I'll walk instead. (Of course, that's if I
ever get to Vancouver...closest I've been to that city is
Seattle.)
[rest snipped]
--
#191,
It's still legal to go .sigless.
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| User: "Edward Green" |
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| Title: Re: Robots now better than humans at telling jokes. |
19 Jan 2004 04:12:02 AM |
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Uncle Al <UncleAl0@hate.spam.net> wrote in message news:<4009CF59.9C834E38@hate.spam.net>...
Habshi wrote:
Its a time to put a limit on microprocessor power.
bbc.co.uk
Qrio the robot makes acting debut
[snip]
1.1 billion wogs rendered obsolete.
All US service-sector and programming jobs moved to China.
Someday all US production will be moved off-shore, preserving our
status as the richest most productive country on Earth.
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