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June 16, 2005
This year's robots
This year's robots: "The android is partially covered in skinlike silicone... 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... 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,' [the robot's creator] told the Associated Press."
Posted by John Dowdell at June 16, 2005 05:35 PM
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Here is a link to a page that has some more information about the robot, and some videos of it in action:
http://ed-02.ams.eng.osaka-u.ac.jp/lab/development/Humanoid/ReplieeQ1/ReplieeQ1_eng.htm
Pretty wild stuff!
Posted by: Ryan Guill at June 16, 2005 06:03 PM
Now, I love robots, which I've spoken about often. But man, those robots are just over the top when it comes to creep.
Posted by: jdehaan at June 16, 2005 07:11 PM