Talk:David Hanson (robotics designer)

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[edit] Overhaul

I've run roughshod through this article and its massive volume of blatant self-promotion, and I've tried to extract a standardized biography entry from the mess. I note that in all the many paragraphs listing Hanson's innumerable and stellar accomplishments, I was unable to find anything resembling a birthplace or birthdate.

The length of this article was excessive for the relatively unknown status of its subject, and the lionizing tone was overwhelming. I've tried to make it a bit more neutral, removing superlatives and lengthy details on trivial accomplishments, and getting down to the basic facts. It still needs some even more basic information, such as a birthday (we don't know when he was born, but we know he was married in a dinosaur footprint, at least in the original text). I need some fresh air after editing this article. Whew! Agateller 23:01, 23 March 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Meaning?

The article describes his skin substitute as requiring "1¼20 less force" than human skin to move. What is meant by "1¼20"? And what's the source for this information? --LostLeviathan 03:22, 17 Jun 2005 (UTC)

[edit] Random Picture?

What's with the random einstein picture?

A. That's a robot that the guy built.

If you look at the edit history, you find that this page was written by dayofid@hotmail.com, and if you email dayofid@hotmail.com, you find that it is David Hanson. In other words, David Hanson wrote most of the page on David Hanson. Then when you actually read what he wrote, you find that it sounds more like a public relations piece than an unbiased encyclopedia entry. -This was not signed but done by 68.88.70.21-

• Agree. This does read and "feel" like a PR piece. I do however think he is notable. I will work on a revision. Been busy lately so if somebody else wants to take it up it would be appreciated.
• From what I've read, he mainly does the physical stuff -faces, machinery, etc, and his collaborators do the AI. the article misleadingly implies that he does AI research, when he's more of a pure roboticist.Callivert 22:43, 8 February 2007 (UTC)

Please sign your posts by putting four "~"s at the end of your edit. Thanks. -- ×××jijin+machina | Chat Me!××× -- 01:41, 13 December 2006 (UTC)

• I'm concerned also that this article relays biased comparisons with other researchers, and is almost completely uncited. An uninvolved third party needs to write this article. 211.26.223.81 21:59, 8 March 2007 (UTC)