Here's Liangliang!
Headline: Robot gets up close and personal in China
Also, ever since I read this I've been having a tune stuck in my head: my Liangliang, my Liangliang - won't you play with my Liangliang. Maybe they should use that song in the ads.
Actually, the article explained that Liangliang in Chinese translates into "shining" or "bright." Let's just hope Stephen King doesn't get a hold of one of those babies.
A robot rolling around your house in the first place would be weird enough without it chanting redrum REDRUM as well. No worries though considering I'll probably never be able to afford one of my own.
But just in case, I'll be sure to have my mallet handy.
Liangliang, standing at about 80 cm (nearly three feet), is able to walk and navigate obstacles at ease, as well as perform tasks as instructed by humans.Who names these things? Liangliang. Aren't those Pandas called the same thing? Hmm.
Also, ever since I read this I've been having a tune stuck in my head: my Liangliang, my Liangliang - won't you play with my Liangliang. Maybe they should use that song in the ads.
Actually, the article explained that Liangliang in Chinese translates into "shining" or "bright." Let's just hope Stephen King doesn't get a hold of one of those babies.
A robot rolling around your house in the first place would be weird enough without it chanting redrum REDRUM as well. No worries though considering I'll probably never be able to afford one of my own.
But just in case, I'll be sure to have my mallet handy.
posted by On My Watch at 17:39
8 Comments:
That's cool. I guess beautiful, shining or bright could all mean the same thing.
As long as it doesn't mean "strangle you while you're asleep" then everything's fine.
:)
There is much to be said about sci-fi...that the imagination will indeed bring us to reality. I just hope they don't skip over the "Three Laws Safe" (you read Asimov?).
No I haven't John but I did look it up when you mentioned it once before. :)
I'm wondering if SciFi will get rid of humans completely. :)
We must always expect the inevitable...or the worst...unfortunately :(
"able to walk and navigate obstacles at ease, as well as perform tasks as instructed by humans". HEY!! That was on my job description when i started where i work now?!
funny! you should demand a "rayz"
Well according to 1950's science fiction movies robots should have taken over the earth by the year 1982. I guess they are just behind schedule a bit.
Isn't this how The Terminator started?
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