Danish Professor Commissions Creepy Robot Duplicate
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It was when it stood still, hence why I doubted at first, but such life-like materials aren't exactly new.Lucifron said:
I'll give you that, but a picture never interacted with anyone, or have a 3 dimensional physical presence, or have the potential to possibly learn and blend in with us... And to kill!!!thewaever said:
But that thing is really creepy in my opinion...
Movement and Mouth expressions gave it away. However when just moving its eyes and staying still was pretty dead on. This is cool, soon I will be able to have my own sexy Adjutant from SC1 and 2
Does nobody give a shit about the uncanny valley when they enter robotics?!
Why are so many roboticists hung up on humanoid robots? I don't want to look at something that I can't tell is a robot. Creating something like that doesn't accomplish anything. I want to know who and what I'm looking at when I look at a machine like this. Why aren't any roboticists interested in making robots that work, robots that play, robots that can respond and interact unless they can spend 5 years perfecting facial motions and creating fake skin and hair?! All the beloved robots of fables and sci-fi stories are ROBOT-LIKE. I'm talking about Johnny Five, Marvin the Paranoid Android, Bender, Wall-E, R2-D2, take your friggin' pick.
Just think of what could be done if they stopped wasting time making them look pretty rather than making them useful.
Why are so many roboticists hung up on humanoid robots? I don't want to look at something that I can't tell is a robot. Creating something like that doesn't accomplish anything. I want to know who and what I'm looking at when I look at a machine like this. Why aren't any roboticists interested in making robots that work, robots that play, robots that can respond and interact unless they can spend 5 years perfecting facial motions and creating fake skin and hair?! All the beloved robots of fables and sci-fi stories are ROBOT-LIKE. I'm talking about Johnny Five, Marvin the Paranoid Android, Bender, Wall-E, R2-D2, take your friggin' pick.
Just think of what could be done if they stopped wasting time making them look pretty rather than making them useful.
Logan Westbrook said:
Just kidding, I actually studied AI and I wish people would stop misusing the term "robot". This thing is just a very real looking motorized doll. I'm not saying it's not a very impressive technological achievement and it definitely is creepy looking, but it has about as much potential to harm you as a ventriloquist dummy.
I'd like to say no, because this is not robotics, but actually I think there are a lot of roboticists that are really intrigued by the idea of having humanlike robots.PrototypeC said:
It's not really true that creating robots that look like humans accomplishes nothing. I can think of a few "tasks" for robots that might require them to look humanlike. I think that is actually one of the main things that they will be studying with this doll. They want to see how people respond to a "robot" that looks like this (hopefully they will contrast it with reactions to a robotlike "robot").PrototypeC said:
It is also not true that roboticists aren't interested in making robots that actually work. There are a lot of them that think exactly like you (and me). That it is much more important and interesting what a robot can do than it is how it looks. Apparently, that is not something the media reports on a lot though.