Quickstrike Posted July 27, 2005 Share Posted July 27, 2005 Japanese scientists have unveiled the most human-looking robot yet devised - a "female" android called Repliee Q1.She has flexible silicone for skin rather than hard plastic, and a number of sensors and motors to allow her to turn and react in a human-like manner. She can flutter her eyelids and move her hands like a human. She even appears to breathe. Professor Hiroshi Ishiguru of Osaka University says one day robots could fool us into believing they are human. Repliee Q1 is not like any robot you will have seen before, at least outside of science-fiction movies. She is designed to look human and although she can only sit at present, she has 31 actuators in her upper body, powered by a nearby air compressor, programmed to allow her to move like a human. "I have developed many robots before," Repliee Q1's designer, Professor Ishiguru, told the BBC News website, "but I soon realised the importance of its appearance. A human-like appearance gives a robot a strong feeling of presence." Designed to look human Before Repliee Q1, Professor Ishiguru developed Repliee R1 which had the appearance of a five-year-old Japanese girl. Its head could move in nine directions and it could gesture with its arm. Four high-sensitivity tactile sensors were placed under the skin of its left arm that made the android react differently to differing pressures. The follow-up has the appearance of a Japanese woman. To program her motion, a computer analysed the motions of a human and used them as a template for the way Repliee Q1 moves. She can be designed to follow the movement of a human wearing motion sensors or to act independently. "Repliee Q1 can interact with people. It can respond to people touching it. It's very satisfying, although we obviously have a long way to go yet." Professor Ishiguru believes that it may prove possible to build an android that could pass for a human, if only for a brief period. "An android could get away with it for a short time, 5-10 seconds. However, if we carefully select the situation, we could extend that, to perhaps 10 minutes," he said. "More importantly, we have found that people forget she is an android while interacting with her. Consciously, it is easy to see that she is an android, but unconsciously, we react to the android as if she were a woman." Source. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Koding Posted July 27, 2005 Share Posted July 27, 2005 The next version of the RealDoll??? :devil: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MasterSpy Posted July 27, 2005 Share Posted July 27, 2005 Well, female Japanese. :ninja: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GhostShell Posted July 27, 2005 Share Posted July 27, 2005 That's pretty cool. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
qkslvr221 Posted July 27, 2005 Share Posted July 27, 2005 That is one sexy robot! :laugh: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John S. Veteran Posted July 27, 2005 Veteran Share Posted July 27, 2005 (edited) There's supposed to be videos here, but I can't get the page to load at the moment. a direct link to the video Working link Edited July 27, 2005 by adonai Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stewie Griffin Posted July 28, 2005 Share Posted July 28, 2005 Oh god...I can't imagine what kind of freaks will be using these androids as sperm dumpsters. Typical Nerd: "Um, can order a redhead with a small vagina?" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tobb555 Posted July 28, 2005 Share Posted July 28, 2005 I love how the guy is so serious. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stewie Griffin Posted July 28, 2005 Share Posted July 28, 2005 I love how the guy is so serious. 586283437[/snapback] I betcha its his future wife. :rofl: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Code.Red Posted July 28, 2005 Share Posted July 28, 2005 Oh god...I can't imagine what kind of freaks will be using these androids as sperm dumpsters. Typical Nerd: "Um, can order a redhead with a small vagina?" 586283429[/snapback] Sperm dumpsters lol :laugh: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gogosama Posted July 28, 2005 Share Posted July 28, 2005 :ninja: :ninja: :ninja: :laugh: :laugh: :laugh: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
benjeeeboy Posted July 28, 2005 Share Posted July 28, 2005 Gotta love those horny japanese Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Crimson Behelit Posted July 28, 2005 Share Posted July 28, 2005 This is groundbreaking :o Chicks like that better not take any jobs traditionally reserved for human meatbags. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Novaoblivion Posted July 28, 2005 Share Posted July 28, 2005 Wow that is really cool :) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stewie Griffin Posted July 28, 2005 Share Posted July 28, 2005 :ninja: :ninja: :ninja: :laugh: :laugh: :laugh: 586283457[/snapback] LOL. :rofl: Oh man I can totally see William Hung banging an android. She bangs! She bangs! Programming the way she moves, she moves! No real girl ever gave me the time, the time! But this robot gives me synthetic vagina, and its not a crime! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kupo-Cheer Posted July 28, 2005 Share Posted July 28, 2005 She looks really incredibly scary... like a chucky doll... only even worse... Edit: ^LMAO at the post above... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Deathray Posted July 28, 2005 Share Posted July 28, 2005 While appearance is important... id think it'd be more important for the android to actually perform properly before looking good That sounds so wrong... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
leedogg Posted July 28, 2005 Share Posted July 28, 2005 If they can get her to cook, clean and slob a knob, females will be rendered obsolete. :ninja: :happy: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JustGeorge Posted July 28, 2005 Share Posted July 28, 2005 If they can get her to cook, clean and slob a knob, females will be rendered obsolete. :ninja: :happy: 586283610[/snapback] LOL! :rofl: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gulfisland Posted July 28, 2005 Share Posted July 28, 2005 If they can get her to cook, clean and slob a knob, females will be rendered obsolete. :ninja: :happy: 586283610[/snapback] thats the truth! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kupo-Cheer Posted July 28, 2005 Share Posted July 28, 2005 Ouch. what a womanizing thread this has become... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stewie Griffin Posted July 28, 2005 Share Posted July 28, 2005 If they can get her to cook, clean and slob a knob, females will be rendered obsolete. :ninja: :happy: 586283610[/snapback] Knob slob :rofl: Can they program blumpkins, green goblins, roman helmets, german knuckle cakes and donkey punches on her now that we are using our lingo? :laugh: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Josh Posted July 28, 2005 Share Posted July 28, 2005 Ouch. what a womanizing thread this has become... 586283658[/snapback] R O F L M F A O H A H A L O L H O L D T H E M A Y O B B Q O M F G R O O F L E C O P T E R Yes, it has but it's sooooooooooooooo funny at the same time!!! :rofl: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
curme Posted July 28, 2005 Share Posted July 28, 2005 If they can get her to cook, clean and slob a knob, females will be rendered obsolete. :ninja: :happy: 586283610[/snapback] And some males too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stewie Griffin Posted July 28, 2005 Share Posted July 28, 2005 Gotta love those horny japanese 586283461[/snapback] I know he's chinese, but when William Hung uses the rest of his crappy singing money and his engineering degree to perfect those sperm dumpsters...ahem I mean female service androids, you can bet that its gonna be time for him to say... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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