Via Botjunkie, here are some seriously creepy photos of a robot baby called Diego-San from the November 2009 edition of Kokoro News…
…Yeah. This is a horror movie waiting to happen.
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Robot Dances to Polka
So, what’s creepier: the dance, the doll costume, or the music?
CES 2010: The Sex Robot from the Uncanny Valley
Okay, so the Roxxxy True Companion sex robot wasn’t really at CES, but a quick shuttle ride over to the Sands and — voila! — I was at the AVN Adult Entertainment Expo to check it out humanity’s first step in it’s journey to a Number Six cylon.
I talked to the creator, Douglas Hines, a [...]
USC Robot Wants to Pump You Up
Bandit, a “socially assistive robot” developed at USC’s Viterbi School of Engineering, could be the first in the next generation of personal trainers. And he looks like he might give human trainers a run for their money.
You know those annoying “motivational” catchphrases that personal trainers throw at you that make you want to punch them [...]
Emotional Robot Pillow Wants Cuddle Time
Designer Stefan Ulrich’s robot pillow is called Funktionide and it is the latest example of “emotional robotics”, in which designers seek to create an emotional relationship between human and robot.
The “Funktionide” is an autarkic amorph object whose intention is to provide the user with a atmosphere of presence thus counteracting the feeling of loneliness.
Makes sense to [...]
