Silicone Robot Thing Has Conversation
August 2nd, 2010 by SBOr “Your-Plastic-Pal-that-plumbs-the-very-depths-of-The-Uncanny-Valley-who-might-also-be-fun-to-be-with-once-the-screaming-has-stopped”:
Seriously people, I love Japan. Can anyone give us a quick translation of the conversation?
[Via @thinkgeek]














August 4th, 2010 at 4:07 am
I believe there were 2 demonstrations, one where the old man had a conversation with his grandchild through the robot, and another was with a doctor to show how it could be used for telemedicine.
August 4th, 2010 at 10:27 am
Neato! Still creepy. But a comforting kind of creepy. If that makes any sense, which it probably doesn’t. . .