ROBO-RECEPTIONIST

edith head

i find this so creepyhttp://news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u=/060807/ids_photos_wl/r2080185027.jpg

'Rong Cheng', a newly-created robot, sits on display at the Institute of Automation of Chinese Academy of Sciences in Beijing August 7, 2006. Rong Cheng, dubbed as the first Chinese 'beauty' robot, is able to respond to some 1,000 Chinese words. She can dance, bow and greet people in the Sichuan dialect as she is destined for the Sichuan Science Museum to serve as a receptionist. The robot costs about 300,000 yuan (US$37,500) to make, according to Xinhua News. REUTERS/Claro Cortes IV (CHINA)

look at her dance

p_gunn

ROBO-RECEPTIONIST!

just like the Fantastic Four!

DJ_Enki

ROBO-RECEPTIONIST!

just like the Fantastic Four!

Maybe she can be roommates with American Maid:



Hey, Ms. Damn, what the hell is that in your avatar?

edith head

Hey, Ms. Damn, what the hell is that in your avatar?

i have no idea.

i'm thinking i should change it to this











what do you think?

TREW

37K seems pretty reasonable for a robo-receptionist..

edith head

google image search for roboreceptionist

Brian

i want that scarf

grandpa_shig

look at her dance


goddamn hipster white chicks!!!!

edith head

there's more robot receptionists out there. i had no idea

DJ_Enki

there's more robot receptionists out there. i had no idea

Tomorrow's futuristic dystopia--today!

TREW

that's the one.. robots really should look robotic..

Pony

that's the one.. robots really should look robotic..

Co-sign.

Trying to make robots "human looking"

Shit is just way too creepy, what's up with that chalky pale skin colour?

verb606

i'm really fearing the day that the "fully poseable" robotic "girlfriend" comes out. That can't be far behind.

deej

Anyone here ever seen the film R.O.T.O.R.? Its a low-budget robocop ripoff.

Willard, pictured below, is a roboreceptionist/helper in the Dallas Police Department.

edith head

Trying to make robots "human looking"

what about making them look have human half machine

Imperial_Mao

Co-sign.

Trying to make robots "human looking"

Technically this is not a robot but an android.

An android is an anthropomorphic robot - i.e. a robot that looks like a human.

Pony

This is a good look.

Now if only they could make really amazing, revolutionary electro music.

JimBeam

This is a good look.

Now if only they could make really amazing, revolutionary electro music.

oh... but they do:

DJRELAX

This is a good look.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3i5ZElCXays

NachoManCandySandwich

that's the one.. robots really should look robotic like moon munchkins..

Cosmo

I want a robot.

edith head

Co-sign.

Trying to make robots "human looking"

Technically this is not a robot but an android.

An android is an anthropomorphic robot - i.e. a robot that looks like a human.

what's the difference between an android and a cyborg?

Cosmo

Co-sign.

Trying to make robots "human looking"

Technically this is not a robot but an android.

An android is an anthropomorphic robot - i.e. a robot that looks like a human.

what's the difference between an android and a cyborg?

I think a cyborg is like half human half robot.

SoulOnIce

Co-sign.

Trying to make robots "human looking"

Technically this is not a robot but an android.

An android is an anthropomorphic robot - i.e. a robot that looks like a human.

what's the difference between an android and a cyborg?

I can't believe I know this, and my "knowledge" comes straight
from comic books, but an android is a completely artificial
human, while a cyborg is a human who is enhanced with technology,
or so forth. I think even an otherwise fully mechanical being that contained
a human brain would still be a cyborg.

edith head

awesome. thanks...

so ian holm in alien= android



creepiest android scene on celluloid evar

serg

Co-sign.

Trying to make robots "human looking"

Technically this is not a robot but an android.

An android is an anthropomorphic robot - i.e. a robot that looks like a human.

what's the difference between an android and a cyborg?

I think a cyborg is like half human half robot.

oh shit I forgot about daryl that shit ruled. I need to watch that shit and the explorers again

yuichi

i find this so creepy

http://news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u=/060807/ids_photos_wl/r2080185027.jpg

'Rong Cheng', a newly-created robot, sits on display at the Institute of Automation of Chinese Academy of Sciences in Beijing August 7, 2006. Rong Cheng, dubbed as the first Chinese 'beauty' robot, is able to respond to some 1,000 Chinese words. She can dance, bow and greet people in the Sichuan dialect as she is destined for the Sichuan Science Museum to serve as a receptionist. The robot costs about 300,000 yuan (US$37,500) to make, according to Xinhua News. REUTERS/Claro Cortes IV (CHINA)

look at her dance

Yea, that's pretty damn creepy. And human interaction is becoming even more scarce.

Random question: How long will the human species live for?

I'd say if other animals on planet earth can go extinct under changing ecological conditions, i'd say humans are just as vulnerable too.