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Saturday, October 13, 2012

Control Iran Introduces Walking Humanoid Soorena Robot

Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad unveiled a new Asimo-likerobot, which they intend to use in “sensitive jobs,” according togovernment newspapers. The report did not elaborate what the robot cando apart from dragging its feet across the floor.
Soorena-2, which was named after an ancient Persian warrior,measures 1.45 meters (4 feet 9 inches) in height and weighs 45kilograms (almost 100 pounds). It was an updated creation by therobotics team at Tehran University after its predecessor was introducedtwo years ago.
Another news reports that the Soorena-2 will eventually get visionand speech modules. The robot is part of a number of scientificprojects Iran has been researching, from cloning to stem cell researchto satellite technology.

A new Iranian humanoid robot called Soorena-2 has been designedby developed by 20 researchers and engineers from the University ofTehran to be used to conduct what are being called "sensitive jobs".What these jobs actually are we don’t know. The President MahmoudAhmadinejad just recently showed off this 4.7-foot walking robot to theworld. Soorena’s, who’s been named after an ancient Persian warrior,weighs in at 99 pounds and is capable of 12 foot movements, eight handmovement and the two for the head. We still don’t know exactly whatSoorena-2 is capable of, or is just one of those technologicaladvancements one likes to show off.

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