Magic Robot | The Illusion of the Thinking Machine | Robot 2015

Magic Robot | The Illusion of the Thinking Machine | Robot 2015 Magic Robot | The Illusion of the Thinking Machine | Robot 2015

On June 5, SoftBank Corp. unveiled Pepper, a consumer robot to be released in Japan early next year for 198,000. Currently, you can meet Pepper in select SoftBank Mobile stores, such the company's flagship store Omotesando.

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Magic Robot - The Illusion of the Thinking Machine

Marco Tempest invites you to meet EDI, a deceptively charming robot who wants nothing more than to be your friend while we ponder the challenges and ramifications of creating an intelligent machine.

Magic Robot Team:
Marco Tempest, Director's Fellow, MIT Media Lab
David Nuez, Research Assistant, MIT Media Lab
Luke Plummer, Robotics Engineer, MIT Media Lab
Cynthia Breazeal, Advisor, MIT Media Lab
David Britland, Script, Research
Michael Ricar, Music
Enrico Viola, Software Development
Gerry Ens, Software Development
Jim Meskimen, Robot Voice Impressions
Signe Fleischmann, Pre-Visualizations, Visual Research
Carmen Kam, Production Support, Logistics

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3D-Printed "Magic Arms"

For more information: http://ow.ly/p6SmL
To read about other medical 3D applications: http://ow.ly/p6SIj

Two-year-old Emma wanted to play with blocks, but a condition called arthrogryposis meant she couldn't move her arms. So researchers at a Delaware hospital 3D printed a durable custom exoskeleton with the tiny, lightweight parts she needed.

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