Mertz the robot and friends
Posted on July 29th 2007 in Future Technology
Mertz is an advanced robot, forged at MIT labs, that can interact with humans based on visual and audio stimuli. Although impressive as a technological advancement, these robots are still far from a level of interaction depicted in SF books and movies such as Star Wars or I, Robot. Anyway, a very interesting development in the field of robotics. Definitely makes you think about the near future, when I wouldn’t be surprised to actually chit-chat with a robot waiter or cab driver. Or how about Rachel (from Blade Runner). Now, that level of advancement is what we should aim for 
Photo by Stephen Lewis
Read the whole story on NY Times. Also, check out the video on YouTube.
