7.01.2005
Practice Kendo with Robot
"Thursday, 30 June 2005The Manufacturing & Mechatronics Lab of Seoul National University led by Prof. Young-Bong Bang unveiled MUSA, a robot made for the practice of Kendo, or Japanese fencing after one and a half year of development.
MUSA is 163cm tall and weighs 70kg, moving like human beings to be a partner for Kendo practitioners.
It can measure the amount of power put on its bamboo sword and defend attacks read by embedded sensors. People can practice the same attack and defense in several patterns and levels.
However, you don’t have to be worried about injury during practice with your robot partner, as it would not touch you. The team headed by Prof. Bang aims to develop a Kendo robot practicing the third dan (grade) level. {By TelecomsKorea.com."}
The Warrior Droids are here!
How long before the militaries of the world start embracing robot warriors to fight on the battlefield? How long before the sex bots are walking the streets? There is a floodgate which has opened in the last couple years and We as humans are mebracing this new science fiction fantasy come true. The scariest part is how long will it take for the robots to make their own decisions and decide we as humans need to be deleted. Better watch your back for the convict-bots!
