Now that the site has officially moved over to wordpress, I want to try adding video to the site via YouTube or google video. If you are a regular reader of Wired this video will interest you. It’s a video of the Albert Einstein robot, Albert Hubo in action which was featured on the cover of the Jan. 06 issue. Here is a description of Albert Hubo from the Hanson site

Albert Hubo is the battery-powered untethered walking body. The Albert Hubo is the first ever walking robot with humanlike expressions. Our Frubber material makes this possible, because it requires MUCH less force to move into facial expressions than do previous materials–less than 1/20th the force and energy than the softest animatronics materials, according to published tests. This means that the Albert head can run for hours on AA batteries, so it can be mobile and mount on a walking robot body. The expressions are lifelike–as can be seen at in this movie.

[via TechEBlog]

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