Creepy “realistic” Japanese Robot Girl
This is the Repliee R-1, an android that just debuted at the 2008 CEATEC Exhibition in Japan. Robotics is moving towards ever more realistic humanisation but judging by this development, its still creepy as hell!
The Repliee R-1 is based on an actual five-year-old girl and can speak, wave, walk, pick things up, and even sense when other objects touch its skin.
The childlike Repliee R-1 has 50 sensors inside its body, and its silicon skin was formed from a mold of a human girl. See below for a video clip of the Repliee R-1 in “action”:
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1 comment | | categories : Gadgets, Japan
Explain to me why anyone would want this robot? I would be cautious of anyone who would buy a robot girl that looks like a 5 year old.