Quasi the Robot @ Wired NextFest 2006

A conversation I had with Quasi the Robot at the Wired NextFest in NYC (which was amazing).
Quasi was built by students at Carnegie Mellon University's Entertainment Technology Center in Pittsburgh. It (he?) is an amazing character!! The conversation went smoothly and I really want to have Quasi at home.

http://www.etc.cmu.edu/projects/ibi/

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• Quasi
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[thalden]

It's definitely human operated- I saw Quasi in action at CMU:ETC (the place it was built). It has a simple graphical interface on a palm pilot, with controls for expressions, looking around, basic arm movements, and some preprogrammed actions, like dancing. The voice is the puppeteer's, sent through a nice robotic-sounding filter.

[sheshonewah1]

those who dont believe its human operated...check out Quasi's website

[garry12gg]

@Shredmaster2008 There's a person in the back who is controlling it.

[Tricer42]

Omg I would pay $600 for this peace of technology

[MrCrossoverer]

0:59 adorable!

[wagdawgwag]

He's awesome!

[Fredbot26]

they just have to put it on legs and manufacture it

[PreziraManagement]

Playback so much haha :D

[mastax1234]

hes being remotely controlled

[Shredmaster2008]

that is so bad ass. Robots with speech algorithms are amazing. They actually evaluate what they hear and determine from there the best way to answer or respond. truly an amazing technology, This was the most fluent one I've seen so far.

[montereyjak]

What you're saying is like saying that when programming a game, you have to program in every possible step and every possible action. That's not how it works.

And speech synthesis has been around since the '30s

[ziggysfix]

lmfao he sounds like orko