Pictures and Videos
Wow, things have been very hectic here at Wired NextFest! Sorry for not getting the pictures and videos up yesterday, but the day went so fast that when I about fell over from lack of sleep it was past midnight.
Today, I have a link to a nice video the Associated Press did on Zeno (Zenos?) http://video.yahoo.com/video/play?vid=1119075834&fr=yfp-t-471. It gives insight into some of the inspiration that led to Zeno the robot. It also shows the organic Zeno–David Hanson’s son. It’s pretty cool how the robotic Zeno looks similar to Zeno the kid. David says this wasn’t on purpose, but I guess it slipped in serendipitously.
Here’s a link to photos the Associated Press took of Zeno as he was getting ready for his trip. Zeno appears in photos 3 through 9: http://news.yahoo.com/photos/ss/events/tc//im:/070913/481/dba22e0a11474104aa669bf59e41fa74;_ylt=AlFaW.ht_a1j6gmW3YnkVlZsaMYA
It has been like herding cats trying to get the huge quantities of photos gathered that many people have taken. Everyone’s so busy they haven’t been able to give me their pics yet. I’ll post some as soon as I get them. Meanwhile, here is side shot of Zeno looking at the NextFest audience.
September 17, 2007 at 7:22 pm
I didn’t interview the Hanson Robotics folks, though I did mention in my ABC23 article out of Bakersfield, Ca., <a href=”Future Technologies Move Into Reality-Driven Phase” on the 2007 Wired Nextfest. And I took some videos too…! Maybe a follow-up is due…
September 19, 2007 at 7:46 am
Absolutely awesome pictures!
September 22, 2007 at 2:43 am
if he wass on the market now and if he had a autonom fuction with recardible batteries ass the ers7 from the aibo series i woul buy him and pay the same price ass the aibo’s….but if he is just a toy like the wowwee robots that make you play it for 1 week i would not buy it
so wait and see (but 3 years is verry long..;in this time many other autonomius robots will be on the market)
i do love his looks…he is so cute
September 28, 2007 at 7:05 pm
Zeno is adorable and looks very much like my 4 1/2 year old grandson, it was almost eerie. Now he needs my grandson’s cute little voice! I showed the video to my grandson’s mother and her friends without saying anything about his appearance and they all said ” it is Liam!” I want one! I love Zeno!