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Inside China's terrifying humanoid robot factory with piles of eerie silicone masks and body parts as scientists develop life-like machines 'with emotions' to replace workers
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Posted on 06/11/2024 9:11:50 AM PDT by algore

A factory in China is developing hyper-realistic humanoid robots that can chillingly mimic human facial expressions and emotions in scientists' latest attempt to replace workers with machines.

Ex-Robots, a robotics firm based in the northeastern coastal city of Dalian, is trying to create lifelike droids that engineers hope will soon be used in the healthcare and education industries.

Terrifying footage from inside the Ex-Robots factory shows workers surrounded by piles of disembodied heads, neck-length silicone masks and spare limbs as they work to construct the most complex class of robotic products in the world.

Drawings of robot designs are adorned on a wall, while female robots donning luxurious wigs and full faces of make-up are displayed along the factory floor.

More unsettling, however, is how the company's engineers are creating robotic duplicates of themselves and training them to replicate their expressions and emotions.

The droids use tiny motors installed in several spaces in their heads and artificial intelligence to recognise and imitate human behaviour.

'We have our own software and algorithm teams,' Ex-Robots Chief Executive Li Boyang revealed.

'There are many basic models and algorithms that are commonly open source, which everyone uses. However, we concentrate more on how to enable the AI to recognise and express expressions and emotions.'

He added that the start-up, which was established in 2009 and started developing humanoid robots in 2016, is also working on its 'foundation model'.

'The model we're making is multi-modal and capable of emotional expression,' Li said. 'It can perceive the surrounding environment and produce appropriate facial feedback.'

(Excerpt) Read more at dailymail.co.uk ...


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KEYWORDS: android; biden; bot; china; fakenews; redchina
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To: algore

The uncanny valley. Japs will start importing them so they can get some strange away from their homegrown robot hos.


2 posted on 06/11/2024 9:14:17 AM PDT by HYPOCRACY (Brandon's pronouns: Xi/Hur)
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To: algore

China is running out of workers, so they have to manufacture new ones ? ?


3 posted on 06/11/2024 9:14:45 AM PDT by Stosh
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To: algore

LOLOL...well done!

What’s that robot in the blue suit in the last pic? Is that thing capable of doing any work?


4 posted on 06/11/2024 9:14:49 AM PDT by ProtectOurFreedom (“When exposing a crime is treated like a crime, you are being ruled by criminals” – Edward Snowden)
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To: algore

We in the West just bring in our replacements from Africa and South America.

No capital or R&D Costs on the front-end, but a lot of unintended costs on the back end.

While humanoid robots feel more dystopian, the robots at least can be programmed to not sh** in the streets or rob and assault the existing citizens.


5 posted on 06/11/2024 9:17:51 AM PDT by PGR88
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To: algore

Ha! Just noticed the last one. Nice!


6 posted on 06/11/2024 9:18:32 AM PDT by HYPOCRACY (Brandon's pronouns: Xi/Hur)
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To: ProtectOurFreedom

It’s capable of turning a nation into a dumpster fire.


7 posted on 06/11/2024 9:20:01 AM PDT by gibsonguy
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To: algore

“…scientists’ latest attempt to replace workers with machines.”

Workers? More likely soldiers.

I must say, that number one is a little cutie!


8 posted on 06/11/2024 9:21:21 AM PDT by JimRed (TERM LIMITS, NOW! Finish the damned WALL! TRUTH is the new HATE SPEECH! )
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To: algore
West World.

Yul Brenner as a killing machine.

9 posted on 06/11/2024 9:21:48 AM PDT by Psalm 73 ("You'll never hear surf music again" - J. Hendrix)
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To: algore

And do you think those morons in DC have a clue as to how much China, Russia, N Korea and Iran are devoting to AI for just peaceful purposes.


10 posted on 06/11/2024 9:25:07 AM PDT by antidemoncrat
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To: algore
"life-like machines 'with emotions'"

Uh oh...


11 posted on 06/11/2024 9:26:35 AM PDT by ProtectOurFreedom (“When exposing a crime is treated like a crime, you are being ruled by criminals” – Edward Snowden)
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12 posted on 06/11/2024 9:28:17 AM PDT by dfwgator (Endut! Hoch Hech!)
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To: algore

I see these staffing HR.

Or, of course, the sex trade.

13 posted on 06/11/2024 9:29:43 AM PDT by rlmorel (In Today's Democrat America, The $5 Dollar Bill is the New $1 Dollar Bill.)
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To: ProtectOurFreedom

It’s a deadly WMD.


14 posted on 06/11/2024 9:30:02 AM PDT by TheThirdRuffian (Orange is the new brown)
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To: dfwgator

Hahaha, love the reference!


15 posted on 06/11/2024 9:30:11 AM PDT by rlmorel (In Today's Democrat America, The $5 Dollar Bill is the New $1 Dollar Bill.)
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To: algore

He looks so life-like........................


16 posted on 06/11/2024 9:30:12 AM PDT by Red Badger (Homeless veterans camp in the streets while illegals are put up in 5 Star hotels....................)
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To: rlmorel
“Or, of course, the sex trade.”

And that will be the beginning of the end of the human race.

17 posted on 06/11/2024 9:33:00 AM PDT by Sicon ("All animals are equal, but some animals are more equal than others." - G. Orwell>)
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To: ProtectOurFreedom

Just what we need...woke robots.


18 posted on 06/11/2024 9:33:30 AM PDT by Overtaxed (Stiff the Fed)
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To: Sicon

“Don’t date robots!”


19 posted on 06/11/2024 9:39:24 AM PDT by Sirius Lee (They intend to kill us. Plan to avoid this.)
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To: algore
"..Sex with her is really kinda robotic"...

Well.... 😉👌😁

20 posted on 06/11/2024 9:43:25 AM PDT by CopperTop (Outside the wire it's just us chickens. Dig?)
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