At a glance, Robosapien looks great versus the old school box on wheels with clear dome head. Ooh, you say, looks kinda like a muscled storm trooper and the fart button now thats a hoot. We nod in polite agreement, but behind your back, we snicker at your total lack of appreciation of the advanced robotic theory involved.
Robosapien is a modern day turning point in the evolution of robotics and is the first-ever robot based on the science of applied biomorphic robotics. (Thats what you should have been telling friends and family all this time rather than pointing out amusing cat-chasing ability.) Biomorphic robotics stems from Mark Tildens innovative new concepts in BEAM technology.
A New Philosophy for Robot Kind BEAM is an acronym for Biology, Electronics, Aesthetics and Mechanics. Dr. Mark W. Tilden founded this relatively new branch of robotic sciences in 1989, based on the premise that behavioral-rich robots need not be the wickedly complex projects reserved only for well-funded labs and cartoon villains.
Put another way, traditional approaches to creating robots have started with creating a sophisticated brain to maneuver the mechanics of the body....