'Domestic Robot' Has Been Created

[Jintor]

http://www.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/story/RTGAM.20081211.wrobot11/BNStory/Technology/home

The 33-year-old inventor is chasing a dream - of building the perfect domestic companion. Working out of his parents' home in Brampton, Ont., he ranks as an underdog compared with the scores of large corporations, academics and other hobbyists around the world pursuing serious robotics.

"It's challenging. I'm pretty proud of the software," he says.

Mr. Trung has been tinkering with robots since Grade 3 and for the past year has channelled his energy into Project Aiko, which he believes could lead to humanoid helpers for hospitals, retirement homes and even airports.

"She can recognize faces, she can identify medication, she can even butter your toast," he says.

Ladies and Gentlemen, this may be old news, and it may be happening in Canada instead of Japan; but as you can see, reality is ****ed up.

 

[mechanicallizard]

holy shit "she" looks like a person.sort of. not really. i expected the usual hunk of metal
and wires rolling around the floor.

Mr. Trung has even taught Aiko how to read and do basic math. He holds up a page of large-sized print and has Aiko read a paragraph from one of his favourite animes. She gets through the page with only one mistake.
"She spells out words I haven't taught her yet,"

SHES EVOLVING! kill it with fire!

Edit:

"I'm attached to it, but do I sleep with it? No," he says. "It was just less threatening to develop a female robot."

YEAH RIGHT. robo porn, coming soon.

 

[Darkside55]

I want to know what paragraph she read.


In any case it's neat, but I'm waiting until someone makes a real XJ-9.

 

[Druckles]

I'd give mine go-faster stripes.

 

[Darkside55]

And a flame paintjob?!

 

[Druckles]

I'll just set her on fire. Saves on paint.

 

[Rizzo]

Id just imagined a burning robot rolling around flaping its arms around.

Picture was hilarious.

 

[Darkside55]

That makes me sad.

 

[CptStern]

http://www.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/story/RTGAM.20081211.wrobot11/BNStory/Technology/home



Ladies and Gentlemen, this may be old news, and it may be happening in Canada instead of Japan; but as you can see, reality is ****ed up.

lol Brampton ...it's the armpit of toronto; suburbia hell, nothing good comes out of brampton.

Funny how the design looks like anime sexbot..I'm sure it serves other purposes besides being a "domestic"

 

[Darkside55]

Yeah, like you'd never fuck a robot.

 

[CptStern]

no I wouldnt, I prefer my objects of sexual desire to be living and breathing. Even Pris, while tempting, wouldnt get me to cross that line

 

[Druckles]

Id just imagined a burning robot rolling around flaping its arms around.

Picture was hilarious.

But it'd be fast.

 

[Rizzo]

*Beeb bop BEEP* arrgh, why was I programed to feel pain?! *Beep*

 

[Druckles]

Please. May I feel pain? Please.

 

[Omnomnick]

No.

And where can I buy such a robot...?

 

[MJ12]

Creepy, I don't want my droids to look like sex dolls.
Here's how I see it, either we make our Robots look like awesome futuristic industrial machines,
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wxBO28j3vug



or we make them look like this-

 

[Druckles]

Sweet robot love

 

[Bad^Hat]

The 33-year-old ... Working out of his parents' home

I have faith that he will achieve results.

 

[99.vikram]

Thank science for this dude.. at least I have something to fall back on if human females continue to avoid me in 2020.

 

[<RJMC>]

I gonna be honest


I will "plug" her from behind
but it can be dangerous....

me: *drops paper to floor*"oh aiko,there is a paper there,pick it up"
aiko: "going to pick up paper"*walk to paper and bends to pick it up*
*me get behind and quicky go humping*
aiko: "oh I feel something strenge behind"*eretcs up again and mechanisn accidentaly cuts my penis*
me: FFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUU-

 

[highlander]

^ hahahahah

 

[ríomhaire]

Curse you Uncanny Valley. That robot looks freaky.

 

[Bad^Hat]

me: *drops paper to floor*"oh aiko,there is a paper there,pick it up"
aiko: "going to pick up paper"*walk to paper and bends to pick it up*
*me get behind and quicky go humping*
aiko: "oh I feel something strenge behind"*eretcs up again and mechanisn accidentaly cuts my penis*
me: FFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUU-

Oh god, I winced.