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Old 10-27-2010 at 01:59 AM   #1
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Scarily real robot
Actroid-F: the angel of death robot coming to a hospital near you (video) By Thomas Ricker posted Oct 27th 2010 2:18AM



It's been a few years since we checked in with Actroid, a bot we first saw way back in 2005. What you're looking at above is Actroid-F, Kokoro Co. Ltd. and ATR's latest iteration of the creepy humanoid robot that can mime the operator's facial expressions and head movements with unbelievable (but not quite human) accuracy. Her current job is to act as "as an observer in hospitals to gauge patient reactions." We guess that's one way to get around euthanasia laws.



http://www.engadget.com/2010/10/27/a...pital-near-yo/

Shit just got real




There's definitely a lot more potential in "other stuff" for this
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There's definitely a lot more potential in "other stuff" for this
Probably the only reason it was ever made in the first place. I think this "hospital worker" noise is just a cover story the engineers came up with.
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Probably the only reason it was ever made in the first place. I think this "hospital worker" noise is just a cover story the engineers came up with.
did you feel scared while watching this? lol, this is just eerie stuff
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Old 10-27-2010 at 04:37 AM   #4
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did you feel scared while watching this? lol, this is just eerie stuff
The video isn't working for me, but I've seen it on TV somewhere (it might have been the original one that they talk about in the article though). It was actually kind of creepy to me, heh. It's in some weird limbo between life-like and artificial that for some reason was unsettling.
Old 10-27-2010 at 06:04 AM   #5
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I'd hit it.









With a high impedience load, amirite guys?
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Old 10-27-2010 at 08:11 AM   #6
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I love how the camera guy like does a close up of the robots chest for like 10 seconds

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Old 10-27-2010 at 08:37 AM   #7
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I still think this video engadget posted about a week ago is weirder:

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Old 10-27-2010 at 09:47 AM   #8
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I still think this video engadget posted about a week ago is weirder:
Yeah this one was jokes too.
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I still think this video engadget posted about a week ago is weirder:
Those are some seriously hot backup dancers, ****ing creepy robot did not get an ounce of my attention.
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I'm telling you, we'll be at war with these things by 2029.

What's next, Skynet? I'm going to see these robots in my dreams.
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Old 10-27-2010 at 05:21 PM   #11
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I'm telling you, we'll be at war with these things by 2029.

What's next, Skynet? I'm going to see these robots in my dreams.
screw Terminator; I'm saying we'll see GITS before we see terminator.
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Clearly made for sex.
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Clearly made for sex.
Obviously. It's Japan.
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Just plain creepy.. No further comment =/..
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To be honest I'd rather a non-humanoid robot were taking care of me. Humanoid robots are just creepy.



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