Comments for HANSON ROBOTICS http://hansonrobotics.wordpress.com Robots with Character Sat, 15 Sep 2007 00:17:35 +0000 http://wordpress.com/ hourly 1 Comment on Contact Us by Carlos Williams http://hansonrobotics.wordpress.com/contact-us/#comment-6 Carlos Williams Sat, 15 Sep 2007 00:17:35 +0000 http://hansonrobotics.wordpress.com/contact-us/#comment-6 I am in my last year of high school. I am interested in studying robotics. Can you please suggest what line of collage study i should follow. Thank you very much Carlos I am in my last year of high school. I am interested in studying robotics. Can you please suggest what line of collage study i should follow.

Thank you very much
Carlos

]]> Comment on Hanson Robotics – Conversational Character Robots by Bryan http://hansonrobotics.wordpress.com/2007/09/03/7/#comment-5 Bryan Fri, 14 Sep 2007 21:18:44 +0000 http://hansonrobotics.wordpress.com/2007/09/03/7/#comment-5 I think you're on to something Hanson, this could make you a lot of money. Why make robots human-like? Because it's the consumer's positive emotions that they attach to "things" that finally makes them buy it. Of course you know this. It's ironic that you were in the movie industry and yet failed to grasp the message of A.I. and many movies that included robots. Now with your new invention as a mile-stone, we can all look forward to the future when people will attach emotions to life-like robots(or the aim it appears: alter-humans). Just like the lucrative video game industry: people like to escape to altered realities, which in turn shapes their psychological make up that they bring to the real world, which reaps the consequences. It seems human relationships are just too taxing for humans to learn. Learn? Think? Fix? Help? Care? Love? No way, too difficult. It's much more fun to just give up on reality and escape with our technology. Then we can talk to our look-alike Dr. Phil robots about our problems with humans. It says our life is not fulfilled? How would we know what that even means if we've never had a life in our brave new un-human world? But the human spirit will always find a way to break free. I think you’re on to something Hanson, this could make you a lot of money. Why make robots human-like? Because it’s the consumer’s positive emotions that they attach to “things” that finally makes them buy it. Of course you know this. It’s ironic that you were in the movie industry and yet failed to grasp the message of A.I. and many movies that included robots. Now with your new invention as a mile-stone, we can all look forward to the future when people will attach emotions to life-like robots(or the aim it appears: alter-humans). Just like the lucrative video game industry: people like to escape to altered realities, which in turn shapes their psychological make up that they bring to the real world, which reaps the consequences. It seems human relationships are just too taxing for humans to learn. Learn? Think? Fix? Help? Care? Love? No way, too difficult. It’s much more fun to just give up on reality and escape with our technology. Then we can talk to our look-alike Dr. Phil robots about our problems with humans. It says our life is not fulfilled? How would we know what that even means if we’ve never had a life in our brave new un-human world?

But the human spirit will always find a way to break free.

]]> Comment on Hello world! by Kay Mason http://hansonrobotics.wordpress.com/2007/08/31/hello-world/#comment-4 Kay Mason Fri, 14 Sep 2007 16:36:21 +0000 #comment-4 Will these types of abilities someday help those men and women regain some of their thinking abilities they lost by processing of the being hit by "IDEs in wars? Even from stroks and such? Kay Mason Will these types of abilities someday help those men and women regain some of their thinking abilities they lost by processing of the being hit by “IDEs in wars? Even from stroks and such?
Kay Mason

]]> Comment on Hanson Robotics – Conversational Character Robots by steve555 http://hansonrobotics.wordpress.com/2007/09/03/7/#comment-3 steve555 Thu, 13 Sep 2007 18:39:20 +0000 http://hansonrobotics.wordpress.com/2007/09/03/7/#comment-3 Your comments are right on! We see the need in the future for a way to help our aging population, and we see how robots could help as they become more adept in working with people. All predictions show that, unfortunately, there will not be enough people to help other people in the future. Thank you for your comments, Steve Your comments are right on! We see the need in the future for a way to help our aging population, and we see how robots could help as they become more adept in working with people. All predictions show that, unfortunately, there will not be enough people to help other people in the future.

Thank you for your comments,
Steve

]]> Comment on Hanson Robotics – Conversational Character Robots by Nancy http://hansonrobotics.wordpress.com/2007/09/03/7/#comment-2 Nancy Thu, 13 Sep 2007 15:40:07 +0000 http://hansonrobotics.wordpress.com/2007/09/03/7/#comment-2 Zeno, et. al. seem quite fascinating for youngsters. Keep in mind that there's a HUGE market for boomer products coming up in the next 15 years or so... and how cool it would be for aging boomer retirees to have a robot companion - whether in a nursing home environment or at home... perhaps even something that could help with the "i've fallen and can't get up" scenario. It seems that there's all kinds of potential for the aging population to get beneficial use from these devices -- if someone starts thinking of ways to fit them into senior needs rather than schoolkid ones. Zeno, et. al. seem quite fascinating for youngsters.
Keep in mind that there’s a HUGE market for boomer
products coming up in the next 15 years or so…

and how cool it would be for aging boomer retirees to
have a robot companion – whether in a nursing home
environment or at home… perhaps even something that
could help with the “i’ve fallen and can’t get up”
scenario.

It seems that there’s all kinds of potential for the
aging population to get beneficial use from these
devices — if someone starts thinking of ways to fit
them into senior needs rather than schoolkid ones.

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