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http://bengoldacre.posterous.com/heres-that-video-of-a-robot-conveying-emotion

I'm not sure if this is obscene, merely offensive, or maybe a valid contribution to the growing body of work on emotionally expressive robotics.

Anyway, it's Japanese.

I think it could be a little bit of all. Either way, I grinned, and anything robotic is a contribution to the greater goal.

Next step: robotic breasts!

It's a good job they don't have the video of that "robot"'s party piece...

Kilkrazy wrote:I'm not sure if this is obscene, merely offensive, or maybe a valid contribution to the growing body of work on emotionally expressive robotics.

But is it graphic or otherwise inappropriate?

Kilkrazy wrote:Anyway, it's Japanese.

I'm not sure this needed to be said.

Talk about the uncanny valley...