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Ultra-Lifelike Robot Debuts in Japan | |||
2005-06-13 | |||
Repliee Q1 appeared yesterday at the 2005 World Expo in Japan, where she gestured, blinked, spoke, and even appeared to breathe.
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
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Posted by:Steve |
#15 beeware em yul brener modle. |
Posted by: muck4doo 2005-06-13 22:22 |
#14 Hmmm, Asian looking robot? Let the imagination run wild! |
Posted by: Cyber Sarge 2005-06-13 18:01 |
#13 You da ma . . . uh . . . moose, Moose. |
Posted by: Tibor 2005-06-13 16:58 |
#12 Why are they dressed for Dressage? |
Posted by: Shipman 2005-06-13 16:13 |
#11 The robot is the one on the left dummy. |
Posted by: bigjim-ky 2005-06-13 15:28 |
#10 Which one's the robot... cuz the one on the right is creeping me out. |
Posted by: tu3031 2005-06-13 15:11 |
#9 This is turning out to be a Terpsboy kind of day - I'll blame Big Ed for starting it, lol! How about the DNC Dolls? They're not nearly as lifelike, but then neither is the DNC. The rest of the commentary is pure Terpsboy - spot-on, pulling no punches, and taking no prisoners. SNSFW |
Posted by: .com 2005-06-13 14:31 |
#8 Introducing the Repliee Q1. |
Posted by: bigjim-ky 2005-06-13 14:23 |
#7 |
Posted by: Anonymoose 2005-06-13 14:21 |
#6 From the same collection of stories was this article on the world beard and mustache games. Germany is the global powerhouse, heh. Thx, Steve - I haven't tuned into NatGeo, online or otherwise, in forever! |
Posted by: .com 2005-06-13 13:56 |
#5 Someone please, please post a picture of Al Gore under the title. |
Posted by: Tibor 2005-06-13 12:59 |
#4 Does it look like Pam Gidley? |
Posted by: mojo 2005-06-13 12:44 |
#3 With Japan's population taking a dive and the 'ladies' deciding that life has other offerings than Japanese motherhood and coupled with the Japanese resistance to foreign immigration, you may be seeing the beginning [and end] of how they look at solving the labor problem. Nice replacements for those welcome ladies in front of the department stores. Look out gramps, your job at Walmart is threatened! |
Posted by: Ebbereck Uneregum5631 2005-06-13 12:21 |
#2 Q1 is powered by a nearby air compressor, and has 31 points of articulation in its upper body. "What the hell's that noise?" "Marvins girlfriend's compressor. Sound's like he's getting lucky tonight." |
Posted by: tu3031 2005-06-13 12:09 |
#1 The sexbot 3000! Tired of women turning you down? Your beautiful pastey complection a turn off to the opposite sex? Then get a sexbot 3000! No more hurt feelings, just good sensations! Never be alone while playing Everquest 2 again! |
Posted by: mmurray821 2005-06-13 12:05 |