Just plunk down $225,000 at a Japanese department store and get your own robot twin
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Japan's obsession with robotics has led to one of the ultimate sci-fi fantasies (or nightmares): life-size robots customized to look like you and speak in your own voice. The department store Sogo & Seibu wants to deliver that dream to any interested customers starting as soon as next month, but first it plans to test the waters by making this an exclusive two-robot deal. If more than three buyers show interest in having robotic doppelgangers, a lottery system kicks in.
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Technology, Jeremy Hsu, actroids, fembots, humanoids, kokoro, robot twins, robots, stepford wivesEach robot twin is made of silicone and will only be able to move its upper body. So unlike Dwight of The Office, you won't have to request a six-foot extension cord that prevents the robot from chasing you.
The new lookalike bots come courtesy of robot-manufacturer Kokoro, which has showcased its androids at past robot expos. In this case, buyers can also supply their own recorded voices to ensure that their robot twin comes armed with witty repartee.
This still seems a far cry from the freaky fembots of the revisionist Stepford Wives and Austin Powers, not to mention the classic Metropolis. So as long as you have $225,000 to spend for an "actroid," feel free to knock yourself out -- if boredom takes over, you can always stuff the robot into a Santa suit.
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This is creepy beyond measure!
It may be a "far cry" from 'Stepford Wives'. But, it sure is much too close for comfort.
Give this technology another 20 years, and they'll have very intelligent brains; a.k.a A.I.
I can see the guy in japan that married a video game drooling over this now.
HOLY FREAKING SHIZ ITZ THE TERMINATORS WIFE EVERYBODY RUN FOR IT!!!!!!1111!!!!11one11!!!!
Aiko was made by ONE guy for a 10th of this price with an AI on a PC with the power of a netbook (google it)
Lol anyone recalling a b rate movie called cherry 2000? To Funny.
I just do not know what to think about this. I guess its part of the future and our changing society, at least in Japan.
Tiger Woods bought three just this week.
HOLY S**T IT'S A TERMINATOR SURROGATE! RUN FOR YOUR LIVES!!!
Um yes please. One with holes in all the right places, please. lol
EWWWWWW! EWWWWW! EWWWWW!
oh no! robots are going to take over the world!!!!!!
Rayos, Can she cook like me???
GEeeeZZzzz!!! Our earth invaded!! Don't save me, let her get me :p
This is so un-real, really... I've shown this to my friends, they told me that I'm lying she is a robot. Lol.
P.s: Please send one to my house to do the housework :p
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yha she is. she is very cute
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She's cute. <)