Robotic Hand Translates Speech into Sign Language 135
usermilk writes "Robot educators Keita Matsuo and Hirotsugu Sakai have created a robot hand that translate the spoken word into sign language for the deaf. From the article: 'A microchip in the robot recognizes the 50-character hiragana syllabary and about 10 simple phrases such as "ohayo" (good morning) and sends the information to a central computer, which sends commands to 18 micromotors in the joints of the robotic hand, translating the sound it hears into sign language.'"
Scutters! (Score:2, Funny)
Additional warning:
Do not let this robot pat you on the back whilst near the top of the stairs.
Picture of robotic hand (Score:5, Funny)
Amy Pretty (Score:3, Funny)
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0112715/ [imdb.com]
I've gotta hand it to these scientists (Score:3, Funny)
So it's not just a hand, but a hand with two legs!
Other uses? (Score:1, Funny)
This gives a whole new meaning (Score:5, Funny)
it's about form factor (Score:5, Funny)
Yes but not nearly as intimidating. Who's going to get their lunch money taken -- deaf kid with a PDA, or deaf kid with a giant robot hand?
MST3000 (Score:2, Funny)