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starmekitten
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 Posted - 08/01/2005 : 12:18:04
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Japanese develop 'female' android
Japanese scientists have unveiled the most human-looking robot yet - a "female" android named Repliee Q1Expo.
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.
Repliee Q1Expo 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 42 actuators in her upper body, powered by a nearby air compressor, programmed to allow her to move like a human.
Prof Hiroshi Ishiguro
"I have developed many robots before," Repliee Q1Expo's designer, Professor Ishiguro, 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 Q1Expo, Professor Ishiguro 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 Q1Expo moves. She can be designed to follow the movement of a human wearing motion sensors or to act independently.
"Repliee Q1Expo 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 Ishiguro 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."
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A female android, figures
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kathryn
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Posted - 08/01/2005 : 12:27:00
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Many questions, including:
what is the purpose of said android?
what is an actuator?
anybody else look at those photos and think of a blow-up doll?
Sometimes, no matter how shitty things get, you have to just do a little dance. - Frank
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Erebus
* Dog in the Sand *
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Posted - 08/01/2005 : 12:27:18
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| Well, when women get around to it, they can design male androids. |
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whoreatthedoor
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Posted - 08/01/2005 : 12:29:37
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I think I guess why they did a female.
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whoreatthedoor
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Posted - 08/01/2005 : 12:30:10
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Glad to see I'm not the only pervert here, K.
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starmekitten
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Posted - 08/01/2005 : 12:30:49
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Originally posted by Erebus
Well, when women get around to it, they can design male androids.
If I could, I'd kick you right now.
Gee how I regret learning about the disease curing stuff now, if I'd have thought about it rather than waste my time studying stuff that could benefit, everyone, I'd have done robot sciences and built me a hard-on machine.
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kathryn
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Posted - 08/01/2005 : 12:33:46
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quote:
Originally posted by starmekitten
I'd have done robot sciences and built me a hard-on machine.
Yeah, the androids built by women won't function "only for a brief period" -- they'll last at least a good solid two hours.
Seriously, what is the purpose of this thing?
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whoreatthedoor
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Posted - 08/01/2005 : 12:37:23
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The purpose? The perfect submissive woman, obviously.
You're so innocent.
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Boxcar Waiting
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Posted - 08/01/2005 : 12:39:16
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| Do Japanese androids dream of electric sushi? |
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starmekitten
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Posted - 08/01/2005 : 12:39:59
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It heaves it's chest and it flutters it's eyelashes, it's arms work and it only functions sitting down...
hmmm....
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kathryn
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Posted - 08/01/2005 : 12:41:17
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And its jaw never tires.
hmmm...., indeed.
Sometimes, no matter how shitty things get, you have to just do a little dance. - Frank
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darwin
>> Denizen of the Citizens Band <<
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Posted - 08/01/2005 : 12:43:25
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| I bet the ability to talk will be the last function he adds. |
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kathryn
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Posted - 08/01/2005 : 12:47:42
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Right before the ability to fetch a cold beer and a warm pizza.
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darwin
>> Denizen of the Citizens Band <<
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Posted - 08/01/2005 : 12:52:13
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| I would have thought he would have given her bigger boobs. Crazy scientist. |
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whoreatthedoor
> Teenager of the Year <
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Posted - 08/01/2005 : 12:52:33
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How many code lines do you need to perform a blowjob?
I'm wondering it as a programmer.
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darwin
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Posted - 08/01/2005 : 13:00:45
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For (x=1, x<=10000, x++)
{
if (int(x/2) == x/2)
down()
if (int(x/2) < x/2)
up()
if (int(x/7) == x/7)
lookup()
if (x == 10000)
input prompt, "continue/n", y$
if (y == "y")
x = 1
}
It messed up my beautifully spaced code 
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kathryn
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Posted - 08/01/2005 : 13:06:15
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up down and lookup is all you're gonna code?
Clearly, you're gonna need a woman programmer for this.
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darwin
>> Denizen of the Citizens Band <<
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Posted - 08/01/2005 : 13:07:26
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| It's a start. You don't want to get too fancy before the bugs are worked out. Someone might get hurt. |
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PsychicTwin
* Dog in the Sand *
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Posted - 08/01/2005 : 13:45:16
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I think the scientist guy's expression in the topmost pic speaks volumes...
I don't even want to know what deviant, strange activities he carries out in the lab once everyone has gone home. |
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starmekitten
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Posted - 08/01/2005 : 14:05:10
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does she have teeth?
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whoreatthedoor
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Posted - 08/01/2005 : 14:12:47
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You should define some error constants, darwin. To avoid teeth to hurt someone, for example.
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starmekitten
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Posted - 08/01/2005 : 14:14:03
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They're probably flexible silicone teeth rather than hard plastic.
If she has them at all...
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darwin
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Posted - 08/01/2005 : 14:14:52
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quote:
Originally posted by whoreatthedoor
You should define some error constants, darwin. To avoid teeth to hurt someone, for example.
El amor es la distancia más larga entre un punto y otro
That's all in the up and down subroutines. |
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kathryn
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Posted - 08/01/2005 : 14:15:37
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I'm betting no teeth.
No gag reflex either.
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whoreatthedoor
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Posted - 08/01/2005 : 14:18:48
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I can see some teeth in the first picture.
Have you noticed the position of the right hand?
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starmekitten
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Posted - 08/01/2005 : 14:19:03
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check out this guys ballroom dancing robot
do you ever think he just considered asking a real girl?
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Erebus
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Posted - 08/01/2005 : 14:22:33
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starmekitten
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Posted - 08/01/2005 : 14:23:46
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been a long time huh erebus?
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whoreatthedoor
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Posted - 08/01/2005 : 14:24:01
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quote:
Originally posted by darwin
That's all in the up and down subroutines.
If you make some nice code in those three subroutines I think it would have great results.
Tongue movements, calculate the accurate saliva proportion and stuff.
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starmekitten
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Posted - 08/01/2005 : 14:31:08
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saliva? you mean saline secreted at a life like rate through subtle microtubes in the sides of the soft silicone mouth.
How romantic!
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kathryn
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Posted - 08/01/2005 : 14:35:58
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Remember an exit point, too.
Garbage in, garbage out, as you scientists like to say.
Sometimes, no matter how shitty things get, you have to just do a little dance. - Frank
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whoreatthedoor
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Posted - 08/01/2005 : 14:37:22
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quote:
Originally posted by starmekitten
saliva? you mean saline secreted at a life like rate through subtle microtubes in the sides of the soft silicone mouth.
It would be even better if you could choose the quantity and texture of it, don't you think?
[EDIT] I had to add Tre's quote because Kathryn made my post dirty. I mean, even more.
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starmekitten
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Posted - 08/01/2005 : 14:38:57
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you'd have a robot that salivates KY
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kathryn
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Posted - 08/01/2005 : 14:41:26
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quote:
Originally posted by whoreatthedoor
Kathryn made my post dirty.
What on earth are you going on about, Xavier? I did nothing to your post. You're the one going on about tongue movements.
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whoreatthedoor
> Teenager of the Year <
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Posted - 08/01/2005 : 14:42:19
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KY??? Is this a Coldplay thing?
Lamest joke ever! Michael, I want my title back!
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whoreatthedoor
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Posted - 08/01/2005 : 14:45:17
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No, no, Kathryn. You did nothing wrong, but my latter post could have been misunderstood as a response to you.
Or something like that.
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paranoid android
