http://www.pinktentacle.com/2006/12/asimo-help-me-ive-fallen-and-i-cant-get-up/ Sat, 30 Aug 2008 11:48:51 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.2 http://www.pinktentacle.com/2006/12/asimo-help-me-ive-fallen-and-i-cant-get-up/#comment-17327 Science Fiction Robots » Archive » ASIMO fall down go boom Sat, 06 Jan 2007 18:14:24 +0000 http://www.pinktentacle.com/2006/12/asimo-help-me-ive-fallen-and-i-cant-get-up/#comment-17327 [...] For a good number of years now, ASIMO has been sort of the top dog among androidian, human-like robots, being one of the first to successfully tackle the whole bipedal walking thing. It was, and still is, a pretty amazing machine, but ASIMO is not infallible as this video from the excellent Pink Tentacle shows: [...] […] For a good number of years now, ASIMO has been sort of the top dog among androidian, human-like robots, being one of the first to successfully tackle the whole bipedal walking thing. It was, and still is, a pretty amazing machine, but ASIMO is not infallible as this video from the excellent Pink Tentacle shows: […]

]]> http://www.pinktentacle.com/2006/12/asimo-help-me-ive-fallen-and-i-cant-get-up/#comment-16450 interesting things - kuratkull.com » Pink Tentacle’s biggest spikes of 2006 Wed, 27 Dec 2006 15:55:12 +0000 http://www.pinktentacle.com/2006/12/asimo-help-me-ive-fallen-and-i-cant-get-up/#comment-16450 [...] 8. Asimo: ‘Help me, I’ve fallen and I can’t get up’ — For many, the only thing more amazing than a robot climbing stairs is a robot falling down the stairs. Poor Asimo. This video spread like wildfire just as Asimo’s new commercials were set to debut in the UK. However, rumor has it that Asimo is playing us all for fools, deliberately taking a dive to generate buzz for the commercials before their release. Even so, Asimo may never live it down. [...] […] 8. Asimo: ‘Help me, I’ve fallen and I can’t get up’ — For many, the only thing more amazing than a robot climbing stairs is a robot falling down the stairs. Poor Asimo. This video spread like wildfire just as Asimo’s new commercials were set to debut in the UK. However, rumor has it that Asimo is playing us all for fools, deliberately taking a dive to generate buzz for the commercials before their release. Even so, Asimo may never live it down. […]

]]> http://www.pinktentacle.com/2006/12/asimo-help-me-ive-fallen-and-i-cant-get-up/#comment-16104 Random Routine | Main Sun, 24 Dec 2006 02:33:47 +0000 http://www.pinktentacle.com/2006/12/asimo-help-me-ive-fallen-and-i-cant-get-up/#comment-16104 [...] Source: Pink Tentacle Permalink [...] […] Source: Pink Tentacle Permalink […]

]]> http://www.pinktentacle.com/2006/12/asimo-help-me-ive-fallen-and-i-cant-get-up/#comment-15063 hthth Wed, 13 Dec 2006 18:35:52 +0000 http://www.pinktentacle.com/2006/12/asimo-help-me-ive-fallen-and-i-cant-get-up/#comment-15063 Yeah, well. He has rebounded, seeing as how this video is <a href="http://hthth.typepad.com/weblog/2006/12/falling_asimo_p.html" rel="nofollow">over 3 years old</a>. Yeah, well. He has rebounded, seeing as how this video is over 3 years old.

]]> http://www.pinktentacle.com/2006/12/asimo-help-me-ive-fallen-and-i-cant-get-up/#comment-14934 Shay Wed, 13 Dec 2006 01:28:49 +0000 http://www.pinktentacle.com/2006/12/asimo-help-me-ive-fallen-and-i-cant-get-up/#comment-14934 I saw this and felt so bad...like a kid fell down some stairs or something. Oh well, if anyone(thing) can rebound from such a fall, I'm sure its ASIMO. ^_^ I saw this and felt so bad…like a kid fell down some stairs or something. Oh well, if anyone(thing) can rebound from such a fall, I’m sure its ASIMO. ^_^

]]> http://www.pinktentacle.com/2006/12/asimo-help-me-ive-fallen-and-i-cant-get-up/#comment-14920 Clicked : Another predator caught Tue, 12 Dec 2006 18:18:51 +0000 http://www.pinktentacle.com/2006/12/asimo-help-me-ive-fallen-and-i-cant-get-up/#comment-14920 [...] Posted: Tuesday, December 12, 2006 9:52 AM by Will Femia ... the rest. Dateline's "To catch a predator" series has entered the popular consciousness.  I know this because the parodies are starting to roll out: Santa - To catch a predator To catch THE Predator  NOTE:  A few nearly unsafe seconds.  If you're sensitive, skip this one. Speaking of NBC shows as YouTube parodies, this Charlie Brown Scrubs mash-up is the best thing I've clicked in the last 24 hours.  If you watch all the way to the end you'll see that it uses audio clips from two different holiday shows.  The result is breathtaking Christmas blasphemy. Reports from journalists who are actually in Ramadi are more positive than those by reporters who aren't there.  I've seen a few items online that seem to outline a rivalry between Green Zone or D.C. war correspondents and deep field reporters.  The fact that reporters who leave the safely of the Green Zone run a very real risk of being slaughtered or worse keeps the debate from getting very far, but it's hard to ignore the obvious fact that actually being in a place is a better way of reporting on it. Speaking of warblogging, The Fifth Annual Warblogger Awards (For 2006) Funniest name of a "gate" goes to Chingchonggate.  Watching the video, there's something about her tone that feels offensive, like the joke is as much about the sounds she's making as her point that even people in China are talking about the DeVito segment.  But then I'm wondering, is there a way to mimic spoken Chinese without being derogatory?  Is it the literal "ching chong" that made Rosie's joke offensive? "Wiremap 256 is a 3'x4'x3'x volumetric renderer."  It renders 2D in 3D, not with special glasses or water vapor, but on string.  Kinda hard to see but cool idea. Top 5 2006 movie posters ...and other notables. Physics explanations in 60 seconds The dangers of the '9/11 Truth' movement - We've hashed this out on this blog before, so I don't want to get all into it again, but the ultimate point of this essay is that the 9/11 Truth movement is as much a reflection of the failed credibility of the mainstream media as it is a mistrust of the Bush administration and its corporate affiliates. Bob Saget singing "Danny Tanner is Not Gay" at Skidmore College 2006  NOTE:  Coarse language.  This is a headphones track.  I can't tell if I find this guy funnier because of his family image. Paris at night mega photo NOTE!:  Automatically plays ridiculous music before the photo even loads.  Mute before you click!  I just blasted my entire cube farm, ug.I feel like we've seen this before but I definitely don't recall playing with the photographer's site before, so if it's a repeat, so be it. NASA can't explain why we need a lunar colony.  "Coming under a presidency whose slogan might be 'No Price Too High To Accomplish Nothing,' the idea of a permanent, crewed moon base nevertheless takes the cake for preposterousness." Between Heroes and the X-Men, I'm as excited as the next nerd for the great abrupt human evolutionary shift to superheroism.  So it was with great dismay that I realized that my lactose intolerance is a sign that I'm already evolutionarily left behind.  Somewhere in my 20s some piece of Kryptonite must have robbed me of my power to process milk.  Cancel my cape fitting. 2005 National Hammered Dulcimer champion Remember Ms. Dewey?  Turns out she's an actress named Janina Gavankar.  One scene in particular in the movie "Cup of My Blood" includes some unlinkable imagery.  Is this a lesson to use CGI actresses in these kinds of applications or is it exactly why you shouldn't? The old "cow emissions" story is a familiar one, but the laundry list of environmentally detrimental effects of raising livestock is pretty shaming.  (I'm not preaching, I'm a meat eater, but damn.) The USB Airsoft Turret 1.0 - because your computer should also shoot stuff. The annual White House holiday video, lately the Barney Cam, is another we can add to our list of online traditions.  (Yes, I'll eventually get around to updating that post with all these.) Commuter Click:  How art can be good (objectively good). "Every year, the premature baby unit at Edith Cavell hospital sends cards to the other departments as well as to ex-patients."  Fans of Jesus Christ may not find this greeting card amusing but anyone who's felt the hold-your-breath-and-hope feeling of seeing a preemie in an incubator will find it touching. Why Not a Wind-up Car?  This has a current date but some of the comments are old.  It's still a fun question.  Imagine cars powered by giant clocktower springs. Asimo takes a dive - I'm surprised he's not programmed to get up off the floor; though I can't imagine how heavy he is.  Tell Sarah Connor to I clicked a link to Grow version 1 yesterday (and won it in only two tries!).  The Eyemaze Grow games are famous Web-wide, but I didn't think they were still making new ones.  Sure enough, it's new.  And this blogger also reminds me that there's Grow Ornament for the online holiday tradition list. [...] […] Posted: Tuesday, December 12, 2006 9:52 AM by Will Femia … the rest. Dateline’s “To catch a predator” series has entered the popular consciousness.  I know this because the parodies are starting to roll out: Santa - To catch a predator To catch THE Predator  NOTE:  A few nearly unsafe seconds.  If you’re sensitive, skip this one. Speaking of NBC shows as YouTube parodies, this Charlie Brown Scrubs mash-up is the best thing I’ve clicked in the last 24 hours.  If you watch all the way to the end you’ll see that it uses audio clips from two different holiday shows.  The result is breathtaking Christmas blasphemy. Reports from journalists who are actually in Ramadi are more positive than those by reporters who aren’t there.  I’ve seen a few items online that seem to outline a rivalry between Green Zone or D.C. war correspondents and deep field reporters.  The fact that reporters who leave the safely of the Green Zone run a very real risk of being slaughtered or worse keeps the debate from getting very far, but it’s hard to ignore the obvious fact that actually being in a place is a better way of reporting on it. Speaking of warblogging, The Fifth Annual Warblogger Awards (For 2006) Funniest name of a “gate” goes to Chingchonggate.  Watching the video, there’s something about her tone that feels offensive, like the joke is as much about the sounds she’s making as her point that even people in China are talking about the DeVito segment.  But then I’m wondering, is there a way to mimic spoken Chinese without being derogatory?  Is it the literal “ching chong” that made Rosie’s joke offensive? “Wiremap 256 is a 3′x4′x3′x volumetric renderer.”  It renders 2D in 3D, not with special glasses or water vapor, but on string.  Kinda hard to see but cool idea. Top 5 2006 movie posters …and other notables. Physics explanations in 60 seconds The dangers of the ‘9/11 Truth’ movement - We’ve hashed this out on this blog before, so I don’t want to get all into it again, but the ultimate point of this essay is that the 9/11 Truth movement is as much a reflection of the failed credibility of the mainstream media as it is a mistrust of the Bush administration and its corporate affiliates. Bob Saget singing “Danny Tanner is Not Gay” at Skidmore College 2006  NOTE:  Coarse language.  This is a headphones track.  I can’t tell if I find this guy funnier because of his family image. Paris at night mega photo NOTE!:  Automatically plays ridiculous music before the photo even loads.  Mute before you click!  I just blasted my entire cube farm, ug.I feel like we’ve seen this before but I definitely don’t recall playing with the photographer’s site before, so if it’s a repeat, so be it. NASA can’t explain why we need a lunar colony.  “Coming under a presidency whose slogan might be ‘No Price Too High To Accomplish Nothing,’ the idea of a permanent, crewed moon base nevertheless takes the cake for preposterousness.” Between Heroes and the X-Men, I’m as excited as the next nerd for the great abrupt human evolutionary shift to superheroism.  So it was with great dismay that I realized that my lactose intolerance is a sign that I’m already evolutionarily left behind.  Somewhere in my 20s some piece of Kryptonite must have robbed me of my power to process milk.  Cancel my cape fitting. 2005 National Hammered Dulcimer champion Remember Ms. Dewey?  Turns out she’s an actress named Janina Gavankar.  One scene in particular in the movie “Cup of My Blood” includes some unlinkable imagery.  Is this a lesson to use CGI actresses in these kinds of applications or is it exactly why you shouldn’t? The old “cow emissions” story is a familiar one, but the laundry list of environmentally detrimental effects of raising livestock is pretty shaming.  (I’m not preaching, I’m a meat eater, but damn.) The USB Airsoft Turret 1.0 - because your computer should also shoot stuff. The annual White House holiday video, lately the Barney Cam, is another we can add to our list of online traditions.  (Yes, I’ll eventually get around to updating that post with all these.) Commuter Click:  How art can be good (objectively good). “Every year, the premature baby unit at Edith Cavell hospital sends cards to the other departments as well as to ex-patients.”  Fans of Jesus Christ may not find this greeting card amusing but anyone who’s felt the hold-your-breath-and-hope feeling of seeing a preemie in an incubator will find it touching. Why Not a Wind-up Car?  This has a current date but some of the comments are old.  It’s still a fun question.  Imagine cars powered by giant clocktower springs. Asimo takes a dive - I’m surprised he’s not programmed to get up off the floor; though I can’t imagine how heavy he is.  Tell Sarah Connor to I clicked a link to Grow version 1 yesterday (and won it in only two tries!).  The Eyemaze Grow games are famous Web-wide, but I didn’t think they were still making new ones.  Sure enough, it’s new.  And this blogger also reminds me that there’s Grow Ornament for the online holiday tradition list. […]

]]> http://www.pinktentacle.com/2006/12/asimo-help-me-ive-fallen-and-i-cant-get-up/#comment-14909 Rage on Omnipotent » Blog Archive » Falling robots Tue, 12 Dec 2006 14:04:31 +0000 http://www.pinktentacle.com/2006/12/asimo-help-me-ive-fallen-and-i-cant-get-up/#comment-14909 [...] Quite amazing watching this video of a falling robot how quickly it turns from slightly human to not at all as it bounces in a plasticy manner. [...] […] Quite amazing watching this video of a falling robot how quickly it turns from slightly human to not at all as it bounces in a plasticy manner. […]

]]> http://www.pinktentacle.com/2006/12/asimo-help-me-ive-fallen-and-i-cant-get-up/#comment-14910 Rage on Omnipotent » Blog Archive » Falling robots Tue, 12 Dec 2006 14:04:31 +0000 http://www.pinktentacle.com/2006/12/asimo-help-me-ive-fallen-and-i-cant-get-up/#comment-14910 [...] Quite amazing watching this video of a falling robot how quickly it turns from slightly human to not at all as it bounces in a plasticy manner. [...] […] Quite amazing watching this video of a falling robot how quickly it turns from slightly human to not at all as it bounces in a plasticy manner. […]

]]> http://www.pinktentacle.com/2006/12/asimo-help-me-ive-fallen-and-i-cant-get-up/#comment-14859 New Tech Gadgets Blog » Honda Asimo takes a nasty fall Mon, 11 Dec 2006 19:31:20 +0000 http://www.pinktentacle.com/2006/12/asimo-help-me-ive-fallen-and-i-cant-get-up/#comment-14859 [...] [Via Pink Tentacle] [...] […] [Via Pink Tentacle] […]

]]> http://www.pinktentacle.com/2006/12/asimo-help-me-ive-fallen-and-i-cant-get-up/#comment-14831 Ippoippo » Maybe not quite that High-Tech Mon, 11 Dec 2006 14:19:36 +0000 http://www.pinktentacle.com/2006/12/asimo-help-me-ive-fallen-and-i-cant-get-up/#comment-14831 [...] Whoops, Asimo had a slight accident recently. [...] […] Whoops, Asimo had a slight accident recently. […]

]]> http://www.pinktentacle.com/2006/12/asimo-help-me-ive-fallen-and-i-cant-get-up/#comment-14811 Japan Probe -Japan News & Culture Blog » Blog Archive » Japan News for December 11, 2006 Mon, 11 Dec 2006 09:13:03 +0000 http://www.pinktentacle.com/2006/12/asimo-help-me-ive-fallen-and-i-cant-get-up/#comment-14811 [...] -Asimov: “Help me. I’ve fallen and I can’t get up.” [...] […] -Asimov: “Help me. I’ve fallen and I can’t get up.” […]

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