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.'
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The uncanny valley. Japs will start importing them so they can get some strange away from their homegrown robot hos.
China is running out of workers, so they have to manufacture new ones ? ?
LOLOL...well done!
What’s that robot in the blue suit in the last pic? Is that thing capable of doing any work?
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.
Ha! Just noticed the last one. Nice!
It’s capable of turning a nation into a dumpster fire.
“…scientists’ latest attempt to replace workers with machines.”
Workers? More likely soldiers.
I must say, that number one is a little cutie!
Yul Brenner as a killing machine.
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.
Uh oh...
I see these staffing HR.
Or, of course, the sex trade.
It’s a deadly WMD.
Hahaha, love the reference!
He looks so life-like........................
And that will be the beginning of the end of the human race.
Just what we need...woke robots.
“Don’t date robots!”
Well.... 😉👌😁
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