Ultra-Lifelike Robot Debuts in Japan
http://news.nationalgeographic.com/n...610_robot.html
June 10, 2005—Quick, which one is the robot? Repliee Q1 (at left in both pictures) appeared yesterday at the 2005 World Expo in Japan, where she gestured, blinked, spoke, and even appeared to breathe. Shown with co-creator Hiroshi Ishiguru of Osaka University, the android is partially covered in skinlike silicone. Q1 is powered by a nearby air compressor, and has 31 points of articulation in its upper body. Internal sensors allow the android to react "naturally." It can block an attempted slap, for example. But it's the little, "unconscious" movements that give the robot its eerie verisimilitude: the slight flutter of the eyelids, the subtle rising and falling of the chest, the constant, nearly imperceptible shifting so familiar to humans. Surrounded by machines that draw portraits, swat fast-moving balls, and snake through debris, Q1 is only one of the showstoppers at the expo's Prototype Robot Exposition, which aims to showcase Japan's growing role in the robotics industry. But given Q1's reported glitch-related "spasms" at the expo, it may be a while before androids are escorting tour groups or looking after children—which may be just as well. "When a robot looks too much like the real thing, it's creepy," Hiroshi told the Associated Press. —Ted Chamberlain |
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Vagina?
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Id Hit it.
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they stole my idea. Should have gotten a patent!
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gochiefs must be Thrilled!! |
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Anyway...IT'S TOO BAD SHE WON'T LIVE! BUT THEN, WHO DOES? |
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OMGZ! NOW WOMEN DONT CONTROLZ TEH SECKS!! LOLWTFBBQ
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I think the proper term is "I'd plug it in." |
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she gestured, blinked, spoke, and even appeared to breathe. if they can get rid of the spoke part thats liveing enfo for me :) |
In other news, the robot, and all others like it, became self-aware on June 14th, 2005 at 9:32 AM. There is no fate but what we make for ourselves. God help us all!
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Hmmmmm, The Matrix? |
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Nice of Saul to post a photo of the robot they have employed in Manhattan!
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Man, that is just creepy.
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She's popular now, but the story is always the same. After she gets older, she won't be able to find work, and then the next thing you know, she's doing porn with a spot welder in a greasy garage somewhere.
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http://www.realdoll.com/intro.asp WORK WARNING! The first link is safe but click on another one and I can't make any promises. |
Connie Chung!!!
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o.k. I'll say it..program the bitch to say 2 dolla me luv u long time
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Is that Chairman Kaga eyeballing her? |
Of course the question of Robot sentience must be answered.
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I shouldn't share this, but I've always had a fantasy of me, my wife, and an Asian robot chick.
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A-W-E-S-O-M-O... are you a pleasure robot??
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Interesting, but could one of those things hit a 90mph hanging curveball?
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Just a matter of time before the real sex doll guys get ahold of this technology and start selling them for $10K a pop.
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