Sony QRIO Movies
A lot of visitors to this site have been looking for the movies of Sony’s QRIO robot running – here you go: running clip1, clip2, clip3, clip4; throwing a ball clip5; and four QRIO’s dancing clip6.
Another movie can be found here (conducting an orchestra), and two more here (balancing and falling)
Posted on December 19, 2003
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fantastic! best QRIO movies i’ve seen,try and get sum more if possible
these have been the only movies I’ve found of this on the net. Thanks.
Superb…..
thanks
Very cool indeed. It seems like Qrio’s capabilities are getting better and better. I was very impressed by the distance of the throw as well. But what I have yet to see is the autonomous nature of Qrio. How is Qrio in conversation, dialogue? How well will it follow commands etc….any footage of that kind of behavior??
Any idea how much Sony is planning to retail it for?
Yes, they are going for a mer 40 G’s! They are expected in this year 2004 late, or early 2005. Although in 2005-2006 a more economical one will be out for 8-12 K’s!
Wow 40g’s well i cant afford that unless there only targeting the rich ill jus stick with my i-cybie
Took my breath away..
the future is upon us..
If this is what they are willing to show to the public, I shudder to think whats behind closed government doors..
hey im a freak,geek,…..cool video
“Yes, they are going for a mer 40 G’s! They are expected in this year 2004 late, or early 2005. Although in 2005-2006 a more economical one will be out for 8-12 K’s!”
After actually contacting Sony I was informed that onced produced they will be sold for around 4-7k
Just saw a couple of these gus on the Today show.
Damn they are something.
Estimates on retail are about $50,000 bu tnot available
they have a video clip there of it talkin in english and doing alittle jiggie
Fantastic videos !! I wish there’re more. I really like the 4 dacing robots !!
Scary thing about what behind the government door is planing for this robot.. They may as well take apart of the robot and find some idea for the war and for the people… I believe it can make a weapson tobot like in any anime movie show… Think … BIG !!! A HUGE HUMAN SIZE OF ROBOT walking among us and shooting around… I dont know.. it just an idea for the human-like to do anything as we can do as the robot can… to learn to swim under the water… to be a DEATHLY WEAPSON with full karate knowledge… What the heck, it can be anything… it the object that can do anything!
ertetr
Judgement day will come, the question is, how wil “they” judge us?
very cool..I don’t agree with the judgement day stuff though. I’ve always dreamed of Technology like this and I’m happy to see it in my lifetime.
Mabey big-o’s and Gundams are next..who knows.
It’s an exciting time!
hola amigos,soy un ciudadano español.quisiera saber cuando se pondra a la venta qrio y su precio en el mercado,…donde puedo contactar para saber mas sobre este producto?,..muchas gracias y gracias
hi craig. i got here from a link in steve bass’s newsletter (he’s a pc world columnist). cool shite.
Steve Bass and Kim Komando had links to hear in their daily e-mails
The future is upon us and it’s looking cool. As far as goverments planning to kill us with robots, it’s a crack of ….t. If they want to kill you they can do it with humans, which are more deadly.
Robots are cool and I am looking forward when my house is cleaned by one of those 😉
Very cool. I had seen the “dancing” video previously on another site (flipsided.com), so the first four of them in various walks/runs/jogs were something of a let-down. However, the Pitching one was sweet (and was that a barely audible sample of its voice near the end?) and the overall quality of all the movies was slightly better than the one I’d found previously. Will definately be checking the rest of the site.
i am 45 years old and so happy to live in todays technology. Embrace it. When I think of how far we have come in such a short time….
the dancing ones were flashier, but the ones of it running I found a lot more impressive. Just because of the science behind it. There have been bipedal robots that could walk for years, but to have it able to run, basically to have no contact/ and therefore no info coming in. its ability to run is a larger step forward than dancing, no pun intended
does anyone know what music is the one the roborts are dancing on? I like it and I’d like to get it…
thanks.
I’ve posted links to 3 additional clips at the top of this page showing QRIOs conducting an orchestra, balancing, and falling and getting back up.
I dont think they can make them bigger cause the power to weight ratio gets worse the bigger/heavier they are. very suprised to see how fluid they were and not only that where are the motors?? i bet it uses som sort of tensionwire or something to simulate muscles contracting, or it uses hydro’s or pnumatics, who knows…only Skynet holds key to the future. (PS) what is the acomplishment here though? besides bing very cool to watch. what type of new technology do these bring?? is it the mechanical side that makes these great or the software/circutry? not hating, just trying to figure out what they do or what is the “Latest and greatest” technology here? plus for 40k i want my robot fetching stuff for me. i mean what else is a robot good for? and this little guy ‘proly takes 30 mins to walk across my kitchen and get a beer. im lazy but im not that lazy. still the coolest robot iv ever seen. moves so smooth it looks super imposed-like. way to go sony, now the next great leap in electronics will be to make my digital camera take more then 6 pictures ,with the lcd on, without batteries dying. YAY!
Stench, if you look on Sony’s Web-site, it shows all information reguarding QRIO. It is, of course, biased, however also provides what seems to be factual info. Some of the cool things about him are wireless network so that he can look something up on google for you. Also he can do things such as carry out intellectual conversations. They are currently working on a life sized model that will be used for household chores, as well as factory work. Well worth the 40k to someone who needs a slave-like being, however to a normal citicizen, perhaps a bit too steep for “casual conversations” If you want something that is comparable, but needs a remote control you could try to Robo-sapien by Woowee (designed by ex-nasa tech). It’s about $80-$100 and can do most of the things that QRIO can do. The both of them can be programmed to do much more than what it comes out of the box doing!
Damn it! I never thought I’d seen anything like this in my life!! I mean, it’s amazing how technology has advanced this much and I’m glad to be a witness of it, nevertheless, the question now is, what’s going to be our position when our own technology overflows us?
Today Qrio leads an orchestra, will a new generation of Qrios lead the whole humankind tomorrow?
I neve imagined I’d get this weird feeling after reading “I ROBOT” by Isaac Asimov
E-Chuckies!
Imagine the hope this must bring to ppl that have lost or were born without legs.
These machines are not “smart” the are simply following a set of programming code.
They do run algorithyms that assist in common pattern recognition and obstacle avoidance among other things. We are far away from fully automous learning machines.
In the meantime, QRIO is cool. Turning 38 this week, I never dreamed that I would get to see technology this advanced in my lifetime.
Check out HONDA’s site for the ASIMO robot too.
I just saw QRIO today, and it’s the coolest! I wish it were more affordable. Who are the largest competitors for this type of product? I saw Wowee’s Homosapien, but that doesn’t come close. Is there any other manufacturer out there making a smiliar product?
Jacob
wow that’s amazing, i want one :/
seriously, i totally dig those
i have seen this robot before in popular science magazine. i thought is was cool then but forgot about it. am amazed at how well this unit moves and with such fluid of movement. after seeing irobot this weekend, and seeing this bot move i am very excited about the future. even a robot this size with more capabilities like for example rooming a house and making sure an older adult hasn’t fallen down on the floor and calling a pre-programmed list of telephone numbers in the even this has happened is very useful and practical.
Far what is the world coming to ? Is it good is it bad ? all those movies that hollywood make are becoming a reality. ( Terminator, Matrix, I robot ) Who knows what they do next ? The future is upon us whether we like it or not. We should be cautious, Honda’s little robot is a marvel aswell. There getting there, give them another 5 years and 50 billion dollars and we can have AI and a loveable little boy… is that what we want in the future… ? Many issues are going to arise, should we be scared now ?
hello, I am of Bolivia and go to robocup2004, I like much the presentation that let Sony with the like robot qrio and know to me where I can obtain music which these danced robots, thanks for the aid
http://asimo.honda.com
I think Asimo and Qrio share the same tecnology.
Anyone got any updated info about it’s release to the general public?
My cousins just got back from Tokyo Christmas and they got clips on their digital of the QRIO Robots in a preformance for New Years. They should be out on the market soon! The four robots were speaking to each other and they even danced the Salsa!! It was amazing!
http://gear.ign.com/articles/454/454535p1.html