Shake that (Robot) A**

Science in Seconds ^ | July 13, 2012 | Rheanna Sand

[Slings and Arrows]

Robots can do just about anything these days. They can fly. They can juggle. They can even fly in swarms and play the theme song from James Bond together. Little humanoid robots like NAO can do the evolution of dance - better than I could, admittedly. But if robots are to ever become androids, like the "fully functional" Data from Star Trek TNG, they are going to have to be touch-responsive. But making an entire robot that responds to human touch is a herculean task, so a graduate student from Japan has simplified matters by inventing - get this - an emotionally responsive set of robo-buttocks.

[Slings and Arrows]

Video at source. You've been warned.

[a fool in paradise]

...a graduate student from Japan has simplified matters by inventing - get this - an emotionally responsive set of robo-buttocks.

Barney Frank is considering a divorce to become the first man to marry a robutt.

[Slings and Arrows]

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[null and void]

ping

[Slings and Arrows]

robutt

You win.

[JRandomFreeper]

I've already bought houses for 3 wimmenz that hate me.

Ain't buying one for a robot.

/johnny

[shibumi]

Get back to me when they start making them look like Joanna Cassidy in Blade Runner -

[dayglored]

> Video at source. You've been warned.

Robot soft pr0n. Who knew there was such a thing?

[Slings and Arrows]

Rule 34, my FRiend.

[dayglored]

> Rule 34

Ah, right you are. Silly of me... Cogito ergo sum; sum ergo pr0n.

[M1911A1]

Great. This makes robot plumbers possible.

[Salamander]

Other fashion accessories may come and go but Boas just never go out of style.

:)

[okay...so it’s actually a Burmese Python but what the hell]

[Salamander]

Shake shake shake, shake shake shake, shake yer robooty.
Shake yer robooty!

[did NAMBLA fund this “project”?]

[Slings and Arrows]

[did NAMBLA fund this “project”?]

I figured it was Bawney Fwank.

[Hardraade]

That was emotion?

I feel nonplussed...

[Lazamataz]

I’m glad we didn’t completely nuke Japan, because ALL of the world’s “weird” comes out of that place.

[Berlin_Freeper]

That might be thanks to nuking Japan.

[Slings and Arrows]

What do you expect from an emotional tuchus?

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California is but a distant second.

[shibumi]

"I’m glad we didn’t completely nuke Japan, because ALL of the world’s “weird” comes out of that place."

Quod Erat Demonstrandum.

(Sal and S&A, You've seen this before, but it's starting to become a timeless classic.)