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Funka has spoken!
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And then there were fembots in Canada...
So this guy in Canada built himself a girlfriend. Sure his parents were a bit weirded out at first, but now they seem cool with it.
 Robo-gal Aiko (A-ko?) has all the senses except for smell, is sensitive enough to tell when she is being stroked or tickled, and apparently if you're too forward with her or rough she'll even try to slap you. She can speak English and Japanese, can hold conversations fairly well, and can recognize people and objects. The only issue at this point is that she can't really walk on her own. Oh, and she likes getting new clothes for Christmas.... So, we're getting ever closer to the Blade Runner-esque cyber dystopia followed by a robot uprising. Are you ready?
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12-28-2009, 03:34 PM
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Argh! Uncanny valley! Uncanny valleeeeeeeey!
I expect some Stepford Wives type stuff to spring out of this though.
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12-28-2009, 03:38 PM
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From the article, this guy's official plan (not the unofficial one that I assume revolves around getting it on with his robo-wife) is to sell the tech to a firm that will build robot assistants for the elderly.
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12-28-2009, 03:50 PM
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If a man wants to marry a robot, I say let him.
This only makes me hope more that I live to see the day we have Robot's Rights activists and people arguing for the right of Human x Robot marriage.
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12-28-2009, 04:31 PM
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With just a hint of lemon....
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Here's a video I found of his robot on Youtube.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yomx7bXMf2U It's amazing what he's done with his budget, but the noise her face makes when she talks would drive me crazy. I really hope he manages to get some funding. Perhaps myomer bundles that simulate human muscle would work to make her faster and remove the whirring sound. Might even make her more lifelike. Only problem I can think of is that myomers suck a lot of juice to work. If he succeeds we're that much closer to having mechs.
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12-28-2009, 04:33 PM
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Extreme creepiness aside, the technology at work here is pretty exciting.
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12-28-2009, 04:46 PM
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I guess you're right, but the problems of locomotion might be solved on the smaller scale and then maybe finding a larger one.
I know that mechs are rediculous and by the time we have to tech to make them the current state of ground based warfare will make them useless but there's always exosuits and power armors.
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