Can Aibo Master a Segway? And What About Asimo's Skateboarding Skills?

Thread starter Gonzolo
Start date Aug 11, 2004

Aug 11, 2004

Gonzolo

I would like to see that. Maybe he should be modified a bit. I also wonder how hard it would be to make a humanoid robot do an ollie kickflip.

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Sep 6, 2004

Gonzolo

Actually, I mean Asimo, the humanoid from Honda. Aibo is dog-like robot from Sony.

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