Ultra-Lifelike Robot Debuts in Japan - GoFuckYourself.com

chshkt · 06-30-2006, 05:12 PM

http://news.nationalgeographic.com/n...610_robot.html

http://news.nationalgeographic.com/n...d-korea-1.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.

Vitasoy · 06-30-2006, 08:34 PM

Scary.. yet very cool

tony286 · 06-30-2006, 08:36 PM

thats very cool and very spooky

OG LennyT · 06-30-2006, 08:39 PM

I'd hit it

xuron · 06-30-2006, 08:43 PM

dammit no video

Pleasurepays · 06-30-2006, 09:11 PM

it "debuted" in japan over a year ago. too bad your reading skills are not on par with your cutting and pasting skills.

MaddCaz · 06-30-2006, 09:19 PM

brick city

Doctor Dre · 06-30-2006, 09:26 PM

That's pretty fucking cool ;) Must be kinda freaky.

Shoplifter · 06-30-2006, 09:27 PM

After hours I bet that "Scientist" is banging that thing froggy style.

06-30-2006, 05:12 PM	#1
chshkt Confirmed User Join Date: Mar 2003 Posts: 1,500	Ultra-Lifelike Robot Debuts in Japan http://news.nationalgeographic.com/n...610_robot.html http://news.nationalgeographic.com/n...d-korea-1.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. __________________ Start An Online Business, FREE!

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Pleasurepays BANNED - SUPPORTING TUBES Join Date: Aug 2002 Location: I live in a pile of boogers Posts: 11,913	it "debuted" in japan over a year ago. too bad your reading skills are not on par with your cutting and pasting skills.

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Shoplifter Richest man in Babylon Industry Role: Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: Posts: 10,002 Posts: 5,734	After hours I bet that "Scientist" is banging that thing froggy style.