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Posted by on March 12, 2007, 12:09 pm
> Joe Strout wrote:
> >> While I am enthused with the progress that has been made the last 7
> >> years with robotics, I have noticed that with Asimo & other robotic
> >> systems there is a 5 second (or longer) delay when responding to
> >> commands or questions. Why is this & how can there be a quicker
> >> response time?
> > I don't know -- when I speak to my Mac, it responds pretty much
> > instantly (using the built-in speech recognition services). My guess is
> > that the makers of Asimo just haven't invested that much effort into
> > optimizing that part of their robot.
> My guess is they can't type/sequence moves any faster.
> - Daniel
I am inclined to agree. But not because I have any first hand
knowledge.
AFAIK, Asimo is controlled by a crew in back of the stage pushing
buttons and such. Kind of a high tech ventriloquist dummy. There is no
voice recognition or any other autonomous function on board.
I find it disappointing that Honda treats this more as entertainment
than as
tech/science show and tell.
I attended a demonstration a few years back at the Science Center in
Toronto.
No questions were allowed!
They are fascinating machines. I just wish that Honda would go "open
source" and spend a little time explaining how they work.
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> years with robotics, I have noticed that with Asimo & other robotic
> systems there is a 5 second (or longer) delay when responding to
> commands or questions. Why is this & how can there be a quicker
> response time?