Social Robots

Memorable Quotes from "Knight Rider" (1982)

Michael Knight: What do you say we play a little 'hooky'?
KITT: 'Hooky?' I'm not familiar with that term.
Michael Knight: [Engaging KITT's pursuit mode] Then allow me to educate you in one of life's finer pleasures!
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KITT: Michael, why do you need to socialize with so many women? Wouldn't one be sufficient?
Michael Knight: KITT, you're beginning to sound like my mother, here. I mean, what's wrong with a little companionship?
KITT: Eh?
Michael Knight: You can understand that.
KITT: No, Michael, I cannot. When you're one-of-a-kind, companionship does not compute.
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KITT: [as speed builds up] Oh, that does feel good!
Michael Knight: How 'bout a little turbo boost?
KITT: Dare we? Without sufficient reason?
Michael Knight: Without sufficient reason' is the definition of hooky!
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Michael Knight: KITT?
KITT: Yes, Michael?
Michael Knight: Shut Up!

This is a very interesting work by Julius Popp on machine behavior, beauty of movement and object self-consciousness. The project has been nominated by "inpire!award" competition. Vote for him!
I vote for Julius Popp!

"micro.adam and micro.eva are two simple robots who will discover their own bodies and develop body-consciousness on a minimal basis. Like Adam and Eve in paradise became conscious and had to leave the garden, now micro.adam and micro.eva, two machines, are about to cross the border."

His work in sphericalrobots

A mirror that will reflect your image acording to your healthy routines.

"To do this the computer builds up a profile of your lifestyle, using a network of high-resolution cameras dotted around the house. These webcams will feed images of your everyday activities to a computer running software that is able to recognise different patterns of behaviour."

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