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November 17, 2002
Sunday
 
 
Cyberpunk wetdream
Perry de Havilland (London)  Science & Technology

Want to buy a robot mini-dragon to watch out for fires and intruders? Got lots of money? Then what you need is a Banryu.

It looks like something from Appleseed or Ghost in the Shell. Very cool indeed.

Comments

Perry, that link is in Japanese. Those of us in the Anglosphere should try this one:

http://www.sanyo.co.jp/koho/hypertext4-eng/0211news-e/1106-e.html

I wonder how this technology compares to the Honda ASIMO?

http://world.honda.com/robot/

Do Robot magazines do comparos like Car and Driver? :)


Posted by Kevin Connors at November 17, 2002 06:47 PM

What!? You don't read Japanese? Corrected.


Posted by Perry de Havilland at November 17, 2002 06:53 PM

How do I know it won't eat my AIBO puppy?


Posted by Sasha at November 17, 2002 07:35 PM

Keep it well fed and watered. Always keep a full bowl of light machine oil and a bowl of Purina Dragonbot Chow for it.


Posted by Dale Amon at November 18, 2002 02:57 AM

Is it a "dragonbot" or a "dragonoid"? :)

In any event, it happened again: despite the main board saying 4 comments, hitting the "comments" link excluded Dale's. But the "Permalink" link included all four.


Posted by Kevin Connors at November 18, 2002 04:16 AM

Kevin: it works fine for me!


Posted by Perry de Havilland at November 18, 2002 08:28 AM