Japan's Nightmarish Robot Mouth Can Sing

[Tiger Sora]

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Well wasn't to bad, other than it's singing sucks. I don't want robots with mouths anyways. Speaker and some mesh work just fine.

 

[ChildofGallifrey]

Anyone else think that the demonstrator in the first video sounds like Eddie Izzard in that bit about the Bond villain with the faulty voice synthesizer?

OT: .......must....scrub eyeballs....with cheese grater....

Appropriately, my captcha is in Japanese.

 

[DarthFennec]

OH MY GOD WHAT IS THAT THING KILL IT KILL IT WITH FIRE!

OT: Well, as long as I don't have to look at it anymore or kiss it or anything like that, I'm fine with it. It's creepy as fuck though ...

 

[Mad1Cow]

And this is why, if you're truly into science, you will never be beautiful...

 

[Scarim Coral]

Ok I can't stop laughing at the second video! Before you ask yes I was creep out but laughter had replace it as soon it started to sing (I guess I'm not effected by the uncanny valley due to it still having a robotic voice)!

 

[Sizzle Montyjing]

Kill it.
Kill it with fire.
Then purge the memory of it with fire.
Then purge that fire with more fire.
...
And it sounds shit.

 

[mireko]

Fascinating stuff, can't wait 'til they go into mass production. A robot mouth in every home, I say!

 

[airrazor7]

well lets hope the porn industry doesnt find out about this

Most new tech goes through the porn industry first. They knew before it was shared with the public.

I guess this could be neat although I can't think of any practical applications for it that do not involve hatsune miku but I'm pretty sure that is what they're going for.

 

[Pinkamena]

When they make it able to pronounce words, that's when it'll become really creepy.

 

[KeyMaster45]

Despite the overt creepiness to it I think it's a genius solution to shitty computer voices. Now if we could just make it sound less like a zombie that wants to feast on your brains then we'd be golden.

 

[kickyourass]

Allow me to offer the enitrty of my thought on this.
AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Holy fucking Jesus Japan, are you under some kind of satanic contract to make all your robots as terrifying as possible?

 

[TheFinalFantasyWolf]

It can sing?

It sounds more like a broken vacuum cleaner.......o_0.....I just realised this thing could totally replace Kesha! :3

 

[Sacman]

oh god it looks like one of those silicone blow job sex toys...<.<

 

[Not G. Ivingname]

Spoiler: The only solution for this soul sucking device.

OT: Could they at least put a face on the thing before showing it off? A bag over it, anything but that?

 

[Logic 0]

It looks like the world's most horrifying sex toy or the world's most interesting prosthetic.

 

[jpoon]

Blech, that sounds as freakish as it looks...yet I am intrigued.

 

[Scytail]

Dear sweet Zombie Jesus, thats what demons must sound like.

 

[Dr. wonderful]

Fuck killing it with fire. Nuke that son of a ***** from orbit!


Just, to be safe though.

 

[Jumpingbean3]

And technology takes one more step toward The Uncanny Valley.

 

[ASnogarD]

I thought it was absolutely hilarious myself, at first I was dissapointed as it just made that monotone, but when it started singing I nearly wet myself laughing...

... it helps if you also imagine that thing doing stand up comedy.

A-ha! I also just realised it reminded me of the mouth part of Mother Brain from that Nintendo show where Mother Brain was the evil mastermind... just needs some big eyeballs and a brain, a really big brain.