What is funny is how the asian and afroamerican children are ignored all the commercial with the robot only speaking with the swedish kids. Japanese self-aversion.
It's funny how only one of those kids is Japanese and the rest aren't. And yet, the white girl is the girl who speaks the most and the Japanese girl speaks none. Neither does the Black girl. Only the white kids. :P
@dakodamama4 they were cancelled because Sony's overall selling rates and numbers of all their products, including AIBO made a huge drop. Sony's termination of their robotics business was so that the they could get more money, since Sony ended up spending more money on making AIBO robots then gaining money from AIBO buyers. therefore for the sake of loss of money, it was too expensive for Sony to develop QRIO and produce AIBO robots.
im the blond kid in this, i have been searching for this video for 6 years, i lived in tokyo and remember this exact thing. you dont have to believe me, im just happy i have the commercial that i was in
wait...so these are nationally japanese children, but not racially, or were they taught japanese for the commercial? also, is it true that Sony stopped the Qrio project? And do they use vocaloid program for their singing?
@Pankomputerek In fact Sony never meant to put Qrio into production, the project was only ever meant to be a concept robot to test the technology for other products and as an advertising tool for Sony, after Sony killed the Aibo robot pet line they used Qrio for a few years after, there where 7 robots built with spares for repair and maintenance and would have cost millions to create ,
Sony did say that if they did go into production each one would cost to buy,the same as a family saloon car
@pauldazeley Well, I think public places like schools could be interested in buying them. It's a shame they don't make them anymore. It's the same thing with ashimo they won't let into production for normal people like you and me but they are going to be selling it to companies. I think this is what sony should do. I wish I had enough money to get the concept one...
sigue siendo un programa con respuestas, yo tengo otra idea de lo que debe ser la IA...y esta claro que me basare en como funciona el pensamiento humano
haha yeah it reminds me of that AI chat thingy "talk to god" or whatever and youre like "hows the weather today" and its like "i like weather, do you" "yeah, do you?" "what are you asking me" *sigh* "oh and by the way did you know that the sperm whale can consume...." *sigh*
I don't think it works that way. I believe it has a sophisticated computer that can have an actual conversation with you. It's not just some cheap toy you see in walmart that tells you whatever. It listens to you. I think you can download information into it too from your computer.
If this robot cost $40,000 USD then they must give lifetime garanty for invirolment reason and to be sure that the company will not fall out of buisness or materials the owner can pay $100 USD a year?
But the prize of the Qrio are still not eveyone can afford?
its probably becoz the product - qrio is not selling very well, its expensive with a price of $40,000 USD. Not everyone would buy but everyone would like to just watch. No selling hit means no income from something that was developed. Sony still needs to feed every employee's family. so, if something can't sell, that something is not consider a good product. Just imagine if sony tries to sell a PSP which can be melted into ice-cream and eat with a price of $40,000 USD.
You are crazy! Try not to watch too much tv,the Terminater was a typical hollywood "scary robot" movie. There is no such thing as "skynet" so don't get your panties in a wad~its not real! p.s.have you ever actually met John Conner? if you think skynet is real,he's probly out there somewhere,maybe HE would team up with you!!! LOL!!!!
that is because Sony fears the Artificial Intelligence becoming self-aware. Either that, or the fact that these little prototypes will soon revolutionize the industry, replacing humans who will be forced out of work because robots will be paid and will not get tired.
i guess they are ripping off our minds with this,its obveiously a scenario ,i didnt really saw the on-time response of the robot in a any live scences ,its have the ability but in every show it apprears that it always automated to do something ,
I remember seeing this on the Sony website, and I was excited back then for the future of consumer robotics. I am glad I found this little clip again here, even if it makes me sad now.
that's what i was thinking when i watched this. but when they show the book at the end, i think he was supposed to be quoting things he learned when she read the book
I first saw this video in february 2005, on sony's official website, I dont know why they discontinued it, it looks so fun and human, I really wanted to get one for my birthday, but then they discontinued it, without ever selling it
i nearly actually cried when i watched this. i feel like every child needs someone like this when growing up. :) its so sweet i really want one. if they come back out again. count me in. ill get in debt for one :'D
Unfortunately, the Qrio line has been cut back in January 2006 :(. Blame Howard Stringer and his westernized business practices! They have no dream :(... It's all about money, money and MORE MONEY to them, and the Qrio wasn't earning him any money, so it got cut >=(!
some how i dont think you could really talk to it like that lol but still freeky one day thay will be like that and we can pay to have one but sony are out of the robots for know so it wont be by there help at the moment
If sony dicontinued the qrio because of the price it is to make and sell then thats okay but people keep saying they stopped making them because people were afraid of them...im not afraid of them I want one but if I cant afford it then I can wait until I can!!As soon as they are ready for mass production and are at an affordable price im hoping I can get one!!they are nice really cool!
unfortunatly the qrio idea could be made for war humans are evil its a really sad thing. It'd be nice to have around the the us government would use the idea for war
Absolutely awesome its a complete shame the feeble minded put an end to the QRIO. what kind of moron would think a 14 pound robot could become dangerous. probably same person that thinks a polaroid camera can steal your soul.
hey yall even though these things our what i call out of commission, these robots were built to learn thats why they made them... um curious, they have free will because i saw a dance sequence and one of the robots forgot when to bow and looked at the other robot to c what he was doing so he could get back on track, so they learn they dont realy get programed to do everything.
They have to be programmed, but any "memory" would still have to be stored digitally. Hard drives crash, but something like that would use flash memory, which degrades over time. So, yeah, a robot could forget.
It would of been hilarious if at the end where the girl asks "Hey, what does QRIO like best?" his eye halos turned red and said "making humans into slaves" and a bunch of QRIO's with guns were like we're "time for order, time for peace, time for you to die" and just recked shop in that room
SSSOOOO CUUTTEEE!!!!!!!!!!!!
ShadowZekromX 1 month ago
What is funny is how the asian and afroamerican children are ignored all the commercial with the robot only speaking with the swedish kids. Japanese self-aversion.
AZURA888 3 months ago
@AZURA888 I thought I was the only one to see that..
FluffyNinjaArt 1 month ago
OMG He sounds like Eva
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I bet Sony will get back in the robot business when prices go down and it is more profitable. Unfortunately it is all about the mighty dollar.
mcm1024 6 months ago
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oODragonOo 7 months ago
someday, somehow sony will know what they miss..Qrio is not a robot it is a door to a new era...
justkiddingboys 7 months ago
DUDE. QRIO. WHY
fancyhearingbell 8 months ago
I thought that dreams wer taboo for robots. QRIO is eons ahead of any robotic expectations. LOL.
huskypnoi 10 months ago
It's funny how only one of those kids is Japanese and the rest aren't. And yet, the white girl is the girl who speaks the most and the Japanese girl speaks none. Neither does the Black girl. Only the white kids. :P
ilikenintendo2005 1 year ago 2
they were so cute! i dnt understand why they cancelled them.
dakodamama4 1 year ago
@dakodamama4 they were cancelled because Sony's overall selling rates and numbers of all their products, including AIBO made a huge drop. Sony's termination of their robotics business was so that the they could get more money, since Sony ended up spending more money on making AIBO robots then gaining money from AIBO buyers. therefore for the sake of loss of money, it was too expensive for Sony to develop QRIO and produce AIBO robots.
exoticcar5482 7 months ago
I can't believe those kids are japanese.
GriNGoLocoTe 1 year ago
no way in hell this thing is real, this is just scarry
iisdan 1 year ago
the kids are okay, but that robot is so cute :<
Lorahle 1 year ago
im the blond kid in this, i have been searching for this video for 6 years, i lived in tokyo and remember this exact thing. you dont have to believe me, im just happy i have the commercial that i was in
riotControl911 1 year ago
wait...so these are nationally japanese children, but not racially, or were they taught japanese for the commercial? also, is it true that Sony stopped the Qrio project? And do they use vocaloid program for their singing?
MartyredxMaiden 1 year ago
at :50 there is an awkward silence and then qrio says something random..lol
pixbyeli 1 year ago
i like how he doesn't know why those things like the other things at the beggining
evremn 1 year ago
I don't get this, Why did they stop making them? They would take over the world and honda with their ASHIMO.
Pankomputerek 2 years ago
@Pankomputerek In fact Sony never meant to put Qrio into production, the project was only ever meant to be a concept robot to test the technology for other products and as an advertising tool for Sony, after Sony killed the Aibo robot pet line they used Qrio for a few years after, there where 7 robots built with spares for repair and maintenance and would have cost millions to create ,
Sony did say that if they did go into production each one would cost to buy,the same as a family saloon car
pauldazeley 2 years ago
@pauldazeley Well, I think public places like schools could be interested in buying them. It's a shame they don't make them anymore. It's the same thing with ashimo they won't let into production for normal people like you and me but they are going to be selling it to companies. I think this is what sony should do. I wish I had enough money to get the concept one...
Pankomputerek 2 years ago
sony rule
samulokoo 2 years ago
Wow the kids can speak Japanese.
It's c3po or droid army ver.1. But can it clean the house, cook the dinner, if not why bother?
coliecolie110 2 years ago
It was programmed to say all that, not like it made all that up on its own. Sony is a fag.
Subtalvik2 2 years ago
i cant wait for that thing to wake up and crawl out of its box and flick asimo aka honda robot off
nooloo3000 2 years ago
Wow amazing i really want one! but why are they so seriously exspensiv!?!?!?!?
Massap2 2 years ago
@Massap2
three words
Supply and Demand
Also sony discontinued designing due to lack of funding
TrevorKyllonen 2 years ago
queiro uno! ^_^
sesshira25 2 years ago
sigue siendo un programa con respuestas, yo tengo otra idea de lo que debe ser la IA...y esta claro que me basare en como funciona el pensamiento humano
DrasiusMajere 2 years ago
It is so cute... wanna buy one ^-^
catashes1026 2 years ago 3
Hey, are you, like me, upset that Sony has cancelled such an amazing robot? Well please show that you care at bringusqrio . webs[dot]com
skaterboy991 2 years ago 14
It's from the storybook. I thought it misspoke at first as well.
StupidIdiot12345 2 years ago
This has been flagged as spam show
I did a video response, I hope this person accepts it, cause I did that at the end, and did a few more things to the video, xD
check it out
watch?v=3jimoB6vDLY
MrPacMan36 2 years ago
Hemm. how about that Qrio get virus?? like Computer get virus?
Ilham92 3 years ago
I don't think it would like it very much lol
scootlink 2 years ago
it's cute, but i'd probably get annoyed after the 100th time it tells me a random fact about some animal.
StFaceKillah 3 years ago 4
haha yeah it reminds me of that AI chat thingy "talk to god" or whatever and youre like "hows the weather today" and its like "i like weather, do you" "yeah, do you?" "what are you asking me" *sigh* "oh and by the way did you know that the sperm whale can consume...." *sigh*
kurtc0841n 3 years ago
I don't think it works that way. I believe it has a sophisticated computer that can have an actual conversation with you. It's not just some cheap toy you see in walmart that tells you whatever. It listens to you. I think you can download information into it too from your computer.
DeoxysDNA 2 years ago
My best robot ever!
Qrio234 3 years ago 3
If this robot cost $40,000 USD then they must give lifetime garanty for invirolment reason and to be sure that the company will not fall out of buisness or materials the owner can pay $100 USD a year?
But the prize of the Qrio are still not eveyone can afford?
Sonyoooo3 3 years ago
its probably becoz the product - qrio is not selling very well, its expensive with a price of $40,000 USD. Not everyone would buy but everyone would like to just watch. No selling hit means no income from something that was developed. Sony still needs to feed every employee's family. so, if something can't sell, that something is not consider a good product. Just imagine if sony tries to sell a PSP which can be melted into ice-cream and eat with a price of $40,000 USD.
zerodevice 3 years ago
Ok I could see why we don't have practical flying cars right now, but damnit! I want a QRIO! Why did sony kill the project :'(
fholiday 3 years ago 3
It's so cute~~~~~~
It's a little difficult to understand, but the intonation is getting there. :)
Hmmm. I suspect that it's responding to some preprogramed questions....wonder how that works....
seifumeigetsu 3 years ago
we must destroy this thing before it kills john connor
kay333ate644 3 years ago 21
OMG! I went to Sony's website, re-arranged random letters and managed to spell Skynet!!! Email me, I will join your fight.
mib666 3 years ago 2
You are crazy! Try not to watch too much tv,the Terminater was a typical hollywood "scary robot" movie. There is no such thing as "skynet" so don't get your panties in a wad~its not real! p.s.have you ever actually met John Conner? if you think skynet is real,he's probly out there somewhere,maybe HE would team up with you!!! LOL!!!!
lil86mama 3 years ago
"panties in a wad" super loll nice one.
deltaalphacharlie 2 years ago
that is because Sony fears the Artificial Intelligence becoming self-aware. Either that, or the fact that these little prototypes will soon revolutionize the industry, replacing humans who will be forced out of work because robots will be paid and will not get tired.
hesitation24 3 years ago
Or maybe they thought international relations would be damaged, as lots of westerners disagree with the creation of humanoid robots.
seifumeigetsu 3 years ago
i like how it moves around, so fluent, like a human almost. i wonder how it would act if it had free will
JUKIO01 3 years ago
Wooow!! That's so cool!
akpokemon 3 years ago
lol this is so cool I want one, this looks better than ASIMO
BigK8804 3 years ago
i think so too, it moves better too. but its probably not as intelligent
JUKIO01 3 years ago
i guess they are ripping off our minds with this,its obveiously a scenario ,i didnt really saw the on-time response of the robot in a any live scences ,its have the ability but in every show it apprears that it always automated to do something ,
i do wanna see it live dum'butt
lycopenehead 3 years ago
that won't happen because they killed the qrio project quite a while ago
digivince 3 years ago
"People fear what they do not understand"
Elekid1 3 years ago
I remember seeing this on the Sony website, and I was excited back then for the future of consumer robotics. I am glad I found this little clip again here, even if it makes me sad now.
kiette 3 years ago
their that tall
dcool9 3 years ago
that's cool, but also sort of creepy...
mrazzle114 3 years ago
Shame half of what it says makes no sense
XD
maskedracoon2 3 years ago
that's what i was thinking when i watched this. but when they show the book at the end, i think he was supposed to be quoting things he learned when she read the book
tishmaju 3 years ago
They say they discontinued it because SONY thought that it could pass Asimov's laws of robotics :(
aguzmanayon 3 years ago
Look, please dont be a complete and utter moron
thank you
XD
No real robot can (or will) be able to follow those laws
they require human intelegence and emotions effectivly making the robot into a metal human
maskedracoon2 3 years ago
whats asimovs lawas of robitcs
poppinPhresh15 3 years ago
I first saw this video in february 2005, on sony's official website, I dont know why they discontinued it, it looks so fun and human, I really wanted to get one for my birthday, but then they discontinued it, without ever selling it
keitaidenwaKern 3 years ago
Why, did they discontinue this amazing machine? I love the little guy!!!
ShihafeleniHauwanga 3 years ago 4
i nearly actually cried when i watched this. i feel like every child needs someone like this when growing up. :) its so sweet i really want one. if they come back out again. count me in. ill get in debt for one :'D
MistiiClips 3 years ago
wow this touched my heart technology at its best give it 10 more years there will be millions of these
Romen1134 3 years ago 2
Unfortunately, the Qrio line has been cut back in January 2006 :(. Blame Howard Stringer and his westernized business practices! They have no dream :(... It's all about money, money and MORE MONEY to them, and the Qrio wasn't earning him any money, so it got cut >=(!
WackoBobby 3 years ago 4
dude thats weak broke my dreams=(
Romen1134 3 years ago 2
Yeh, that had something to do with it
but the problem was Sony made it too good to quick
people like ASIMO because he looks like a retarded 8 year old. no threat there
with these things they move so realisticly and have conversations. it jst scares people
=)
Also money money money
XD
maskedracoon2 3 years ago
wow robots are future
Videomakera 4 years ago
wow it's voice is hardly annoying at all.
matenzo 4 years ago
damm you are robot ¬¬ you no have feelings but you are soo cute ^^
ballerafa 4 years ago
You cant buy it. until 2009. i think.
tangofizz77 4 years ago
Thank you Sony. Now the little guy in the basement can give it a go.
creaturebotman 4 years ago
some how i dont think you could really talk to it like that lol but still freeky one day thay will be like that and we can pay to have one but sony are out of the robots for know so it wont be by there help at the moment
kero1 4 years ago
I-robot man. Asmov wuz rite
mistahowe 4 years ago
The kids in the back look bored xD just pointing that out
fancyhearingbell 4 years ago
his artificial intelligence is more advanced then I thought
axonn111 4 years ago 3
lol white girl speaking Japanese.
coolxal 4 years ago 3
and white boy too dont forget white boy. they must live in japan
JUKIO01 4 years ago 3
that would have been awesome to actually speak to a robot like that.
JUKIO01 4 years ago
holy crap it has voice recognition now? a min ago it was dancing, then rollerskating now voice recognition .....amazing
browner5 4 years ago
If sony dicontinued the qrio because of the price it is to make and sell then thats okay but people keep saying they stopped making them because people were afraid of them...im not afraid of them I want one but if I cant afford it then I can wait until I can!!As soon as they are ready for mass production and are at an affordable price im hoping I can get one!!they are nice really cool!
LudaLova16 4 years ago
dude. do u hav any idea how screwed up these things could become. Asimov wuz totally rite
mistahowe 4 years ago
the music in the videos always sounds like the menu music in Sonic games
stupidhead5 4 years ago
For that time the ram, processing ans hardware needed to make a QRIO work won't be as expensive, making them cheaper... and I'll have a job by then.
knaveutube 4 years ago
I WANTTTTTTTTTTTT ONE
LOL
zebidy90 4 years ago
they got rid of QRIO? why?
nerdelicious5 4 years ago
unfortunatly the qrio idea could be made for war humans are evil its a really sad thing. It'd be nice to have around the the us government would use the idea for war
QuestMaster4 4 years ago
oh, in that case... thats amazing!! japanese technology is taking the lead in robotics and A.I. they rock
XrsuX 4 years ago 4
Absolutely awesome its a complete shame the feeble minded put an end to the QRIO. what kind of moron would think a 14 pound robot could become dangerous. probably same person that thinks a polaroid camera can steal your soul.
singerdave2001 4 years ago 5
do they really think by themselves or were they programmed to answer those questions in the commercial?
XrsuX 4 years ago
lucky bastards, managed to get close of a true QRIO!
p4lestina 4 years ago 2
Scary!
p4lestina 4 years ago
It needs to be huge with canons.aha, jk
*Kidnaps* <3
RawrMeBites 4 years ago
hey yall even though these things our what i call out of commission, these robots were built to learn thats why they made them... um curious, they have free will because i saw a dance sequence and one of the robots forgot when to bow and looked at the other robot to c what he was doing so he could get back on track, so they learn they dont realy get programed to do everything.
riggyriiah 4 years ago
i doubt robots can forget.. aren't they programmed?
yannigk 4 years ago
They have to be programmed, but any "memory" would still have to be stored digitally. Hard drives crash, but something like that would use flash memory, which degrades over time. So, yeah, a robot could forget.
hakkujin 4 years ago
i saw that video too, but i believe its was delibertely programed like that to make it look more real.
JUKIO01 4 years ago
But, i guess dreams was close enough.
yusufer5000 4 years ago 3
It would of been hilarious if at the end where the girl asks "Hey, what does QRIO like best?" his eye halos turned red and said "making humans into slaves" and a bunch of QRIO's with guns were like we're "time for order, time for peace, time for you to die" and just recked shop in that room
yusufer5000 4 years ago 2
wow, that would be niiiiice....
maticarp 4 years ago
WOW!
That's amazing!
I want one!
SunkenWoglinde 4 years ago
hai, me too. I wanted to see them get popular and cheaper. But they stopped making them and working on their abilities.
takineko 4 years ago
Yaay someone finally uploaded this video. I thought it was so cute. Qrio is my favorite robot so far, too bad they're never going to release them.
takineko 4 years ago
i want one!!!!!!!!!
stanley121 4 years ago