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Human clones and now martial arts robots. Damn. Our future, technologically and politically, looks less like Arthur C. Clarke's vision and more like George Lucas'.

Edited by author 12-30-2002 08:39 PM
Mark, that was my first thought too.

My second was: wow, have they given Susannah a spot on the main blog? :)

Have a look at Chen-form Tai Chi, which is performed at high speeds with giant poleaxes and swords and involves throws and so on, or even Yang form, which can be practiced very quickly and with a great deal of martialness. You're most likely thinking of the post-Mao "Daoist" forms, which were substantially neutered to remove any whiff of militarism from their practice.

Edited by author 12-30-2002 04:10 PM
So what happens when they perfect this thing, assuming that will happen?? Do they start selling robot armies to whoever wants one? I mean, they seem to have a penchant for making craploads of stuff, so... I don't know man. Spooky. The US having predator drones and all that is bad enough. Well, actually, I guess it would be good if there were some other repiprocal super robot power. More power to China then!!

Kung-fu robots?! Someone's been watching "Ice Pirates".

My impression is that the robot does t'ai chi as a demonstration of its ability to perform complex movements, not because its purpose is combat (though that's certainly one category of job "dangerous to humans").

I've studied/practiced t'ai chi, and yes--it's a slow-motion, meditative art. But it is most definitely a martial art form.

Tai chi is that fluid, slow, rhythmic exercise activity--not really a "martial" art.

Well, that's been done too. Story. Drilldos, "F*ckingMachines," and teledildonics. Now, as to whether or not they're developing stuff like *that* in Beijing... good heavens.

For a second, I thought it read "Marital Arts robot."