Fujitsu HOAP-3 robot shows great promise as a replacement for our children
The HOAP-3, a humanoid robot by Fujitsu, is able to redefine the way it interacts with its environment as it learns. It accomplishes this by mimicking movements learned by way of a motion-capture-equipped human companion, watching others move around, and memorizing the way it's taught through handlers physically manipulating its limbs. The HOAP-3 can compare these actions to the ones it already knows, correcting and remembering what it needs to.
The study is being conducted by Sylvain Calinon and researchers at the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology, and the HOAP-3 is helping the team analyze how well a robot can adapt to a human environment.
Click on through to see a video of how the HOAP-3 learns new tricks. [via]
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