http://www.storobia.com/index.htmlRobots and AI News from Storobiaenwebmaster@storobia.comCopyright 2008 Trevor Mendham2008-07-03T09:45:23+01:00 hourly 1 2000-01-01T12:00+00:00 Wed, 02 Jul 2008 19:51:46 +0100webmaster@storobia.comrobots2008-07-03T09:45:23+01:00http://www.storobia.com/blog/index_files/a7223b0a840529f26f896dcc9c9bcd54-1.php#unique-entry-id-1http://www.storobia.com/blog/index_files/a7223b0a840529f26f896dcc9c9bcd54-1.php#unique-entry-id-1
A new robotic barman called Mr. Asahi is touring the world showing off his skills. He began this week in Selfridges of London. Mr Asahi. The life-size robot is controlled by PC software which directs compressed air through assorted valves. Sounds wonderfully steampunk to me.

The result is a robot that serves beer quicker than the average human barperson. There’s only one slight drawback (apart from the quarter ton weight and the £100,000 price tag): Mister Asahi currently only serves Asahi beer.
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Tartalo is an attempt to solve these problems. A project by the Department of Computational Sciences and Artificial Intelligence at Computer Science Faculty in the Basque city of Donostia-San Sebastián, Tartalo is a 1.5 metre tall robot that wanders around the corridors of the building. It uses biomimetic systems the explore and learn about its surroundings.

What makes this robot so interesting is its politeness. If it finds a closed door it wants to enter then it “knocks” using its feet and waits for someone to let it in!

I wonder how it reacts if someone shouts “Go away, I’m in the shower”?

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