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- yournamehere, on 04/13/2008, -2/+20because these are being designed for regular people .. assistants, if you will. Regular people have easier times interacting with something the more 'human' characteristics it possesses.
- linksus, on 04/13/2008, -1/+16LOL well at least you will be able to see when it gets pissed off at you.
On second thoughts.. WHY THE FCUK have they made a robot that can get mad? - Derelict267, on 04/13/2008, -0/+14So that you can have a robot girlfriend.
- lickmyback, on 04/13/2008, -7/+20Why are people so concerned with making robots look and act like humans? To me this seems highly inefficent - robots should be purposefully designed to perform certain groups of tasks and optimised as such. The only possible purpose 'eyelids' could have on a robot is to aid in communication with humans, and until robots are smart enough to think communicate by themselves they should be considered a waste of research funding. Us humans always try to anthropomorphise stuff like we're the ideal, I think it's ridiculous.
- inactive, on 04/13/2008, -0/+12Working Video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XrmrU7P-ysA
- searcade, on 04/13/2008, -1/+11Why shouldnt they be?
- Smills, on 04/13/2008, -0/+10They don't like it if you demand that they work 24 hours a day, 7 days a week with no breaks. For some reason...
- hugepedlar, on 04/13/2008, -0/+8half a dozen emotions displayed and they all look 'wistful'.
- MechBear, on 04/13/2008, -3/+11One word: Saw
*shudders* - fhernand, on 04/13/2008, -0/+7"..and I will be happy and sad at the same time as I crush your squishy skull"
... - GeorgeStone2, on 04/13/2008, -1/+8If I ever see the mad face on my robot, I'm breaking out the shotgun.
- Typhoon2009, on 04/13/2008, -1/+8*****. This is it guys. We have reached the singularity. The machines are awakened. PREPARE FOR WAR.
- Aines, on 04/13/2008, -0/+6The Japanese have had a similar robot for a while, but this is kind of cute, their was creepy.
- bjarkebech, on 04/13/2008, -0/+5Buy it, use it, break it, fix it,
Trash it, change it, (Mail) - upgrade it,
Charge it, (Point) it, zoom it, press it,
Snap it, work it, quick - erase it, - thinkart, on 04/13/2008, -1/+6throw a black wig on this guy and you've got an emo kid.
- wacomwacoff, on 04/13/2008, -1/+5A robot with a face that shows emotions? I remember seeing plenty of those at Walt Disney World... twenty years ago. A robot with eyebrows and eyelids that can be programmed to convey 'emotions' is nothing remotely new.
- loroleg, on 04/13/2008, -0/+4And another: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bPZJYQXQsm8
- Adil786, on 04/13/2008, -0/+4Why so sad?
- Xansas, on 04/13/2008, -0/+3It's a bit moon-faced isn't it?
- MiniHopper, on 04/13/2008, -0/+3They made her cute with those big eyes. Tricky
- inactive, on 04/13/2008, -0/+3"I want to play a game..."
- ATH025, on 04/13/2008, -0/+3Wow moving eyebrows, the future is now!
- Armor1901, on 04/13/2008, -0/+3Where's Baltar?
- punkcat, on 04/13/2008, -3/+5i agree, we should stop trying. how dare these people not invent yet another assembly line robot, those are so cool.
i dunno why people have to think and explore things.
Laboratory for Perceptual Robotics, what will they get up to next? - tfletch, on 04/13/2008, -0/+2Kill it with FIRE!
- Xoti, on 04/13/2008, -4/+6Dad?!
- inactive, on 04/13/2008, -0/+2Japan has more awesome "social" robots http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6Ak3coBKBC0
- MrViklund, on 04/13/2008, -0/+2And the purpose of this is?
- Millsee, on 04/13/2008, -0/+2It's sad because it's been in the ocean for thousands of years wanting it's mother
- inactive, on 04/13/2008, -0/+2Its so depressing that in this age of technical achievement that we create such absurd ideas. This is novelty, nothing more.
Why do our tech tools/appliances of the future need to come with "facial expressions"? Are we making friends with the dishwasher?
Comon, give me a break, are we that disconnected and delusional?
We can pretend all we want. - danesis, on 04/13/2008, -0/+2"God created man in his own image. In God's image he created him"
- cuoops, on 04/13/2008, -0/+2http://web.mit.edu/newsoffice/2008/nexi-0409.html
http://robotic.media.mit.edu/index.html - Katana314, on 04/13/2008, -0/+2Uh...uncanny valley, anyone?
- KingGorilla, on 04/13/2008, -0/+2They should make it look more like bears. They're the ideal ones
- DeathGod321, on 04/13/2008, -0/+2This thing looks like some creepy terminator hybrid and sounds like Brian's stupid girlfriend from Family Guy.
"I was watching something on tv, about this guy named Hitler..... Somebody should stop him!" -Nexi - robz0rz, on 04/13/2008, -0/+2It's like a Mac with that webcam in its forehead, except this thing ís able to love
- Shadowgamers, on 04/13/2008, -0/+1Pixar would just LOVE to make an animated feature out of this guy :V
- DeathGod321, on 04/13/2008, -0/+1Only it can see Baltar, to us it looks like it's talking to itself.
- rkef, on 04/13/2008, -0/+1Thoughts being expressed (from top left):
Kill, Destroy, Maim, Murder, Stab, Bludgeon, Shoot, Slice, Smash, Shoot (laser) - blast_flame, on 04/13/2008, -0/+1Bah humbug. By the time the singularity hits we'll be the machines due to cyborging...
- johnnycyberpunk, on 04/14/2008, -0/+1Keep that on slashdot.
- inactive, on 04/13/2008, -0/+1Animatronics.
Walt Disney did this years ago. Software run too
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xpEP-N-9Vec&feature ... - habenneas, on 04/15/2008, -0/+1LynxCache mirror: http://www.lynxcache.org/usr/1/Robot_So_Like_You_L ...
- inactive, on 04/13/2008, -0/+1i like her.. she's cute!!!! :-)
- sap959, on 04/13/2008, -0/+1so it feels bad when they finally take over the world
- sap959, on 04/13/2008, -0/+1no dont kill it its mr burns!
- inactive, on 04/13/2008, -0/+1Animatronics.
- sparkmonkeyz, on 04/14/2008, -0/+1Scary.
- stucktildekey, on 04/13/2008, -0/+1Yeah, but it'll never get its "Rs" and "Ls" correct....
- Andytom, on 04/13/2008, -0/+1http://digg.com/odd_stuff/Combat_Robot_Rebellion_A ...
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