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10-28-07, 09:27 AM #1
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Lifelike female android developed in Japan
She has flexible silicone for skin rather than hard plastic, and a number of sensors and motors to allow her to turn and react in a human-like manner.
She can flutter her eyelids and move her hands like a human. She even appears to breathe.
Professor Ishiguro (r) stresses the importance of appearance in his robots
Professor Hiroshi Ishiguro of Osaka University says one day robots could fool us into believing they are human.
Repliee Q1Expo is not like any robot you will have seen before, at least outside of science-fiction movies.
She is designed to look human and although she can only sit at present, she has 42 actuators in her upper body, powered by a nearby air compressor, programmed to allow her to move like a human.
We have found that people forget she is an android while interacting with her 
Prof Hiroshi Ishiguro
"I have developed many robots before," Repliee Q1Expo's designer, Professor Ishiguro, told the BBC News website, "but I soon realised the importance of its appearance. A human-like appearance gives a robot a strong feeling of presence."
Designed to look human
Before Repliee Q1Expo, Professor Ishiguro developed Repliee R1 which had the appearance of a five-year-old Japanese girl.
Its head could move in nine directions and it could gesture with its arm. Four high-sensitivity tactile sensors were placed under the skin of its left arm that made the android react differently to differing pressures.
Scientists think that, one day, robots could fool us into believing they were human
The follow-up has the appearance of a Japanese woman. To program her motion, a computer analysed the motions of a human and used them as a template for the way Repliee Q1Expo moves.
She can be designed to follow the movement of a human wearing motion sensors or to act independently.
"Repliee Q1Expo can interact with people. It can respond to people touching it. It's very satisfying, although we obviously have a long way to go yet."
Professor Ishiguro believes that it may prove possible to build an android that could pass for a human, if only for a brief period.
"An android could get away with it for a short time, 5-10 seconds. However, if we carefully select the situation, we could extend that, to perhaps 10 minutes," he said. "More importantly, we have found that people forget she is an android while interacting with her. Consciously, it is easy to see that she is an android, but unconsciously, we react to the android as if she were a woman."
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/4714135.stm
Japanese develop 'female' android
By David Whitehouse
Science editor, BBC News website
Japanese scientists have unveiled the most human-looking robot yet - a "female" android named Repliee Q1Expo.
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10-28-07, 09:40 AM #2
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Outside of the sheer accomplishment in itself, which is amazing, what is the benefit of AI?
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10-28-07, 11:53 AM #3
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Wow, just Wow!!! Its scary to see just how far science has pushed technology...
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10-28-07, 12:33 PM #4
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10-28-07, 12:38 PM #5
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Looks like Bubba has a new date for the Prom!!!! And he can now throw out old blow-up Betty!
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When the entire crew of your starship succumbs to parasites, lack of oxygen, or any other biological issue, he can save the day!
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10-28-07, 03:22 PM #7
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So she can move her hands like a human eh? Hmmmm.
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10-28-07, 03:39 PM #8
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Originally Posted by nsb22
So she can move her hands like a human eh? Hmmmm.
Well THAT took much longer than I anticipated.
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10-28-07, 05:18 PM #9
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10-28-07, 05:33 PM #10
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Sorry, I've actually had to work today! :shocked: Originally Posted by Pudge113
Well THAT took much longer than I anticipated.
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10-28-07, 05:35 PM #11
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yikes, did you take that nerd test mr data??? LOL...FYI, my girl says she doesnt mind being your avatar...LOL Originally Posted by gopherpuckfan
When the entire crew of your starship succumbs to parasites, lack of oxygen, or any other biological issue, he can save the day!
500 fights, that's the number I figured when I was a kid. 500 street fights and you could consider yourself a legitimate tough guy. You need them for experience. To develop leather skin. So I got started. Of course along the way you stop thinking about being tough and all that. It stops being the point. You get past the silliness of it all. But then, after, you realize that's what you are.
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10-28-07, 06:44 PM #12
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10-28-07, 08:30 PM #13
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how'd i know it'd be you... Originally Posted by nsb22
So she can move her hands like a human eh? Hmmmm.
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10-28-07, 11:51 PM #14
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I can hear it now ... Originally Posted by nsb22
So she can move her hands like a human eh? Hmmmm.
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10-30-07, 07:24 AM #15
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Originally Posted by lewisipso
Or maybe it's to create a bunch of deceptively appealing beings who will eventually rise up against their creators and destroy or enslave humanity! Originally Posted by gopherpuckfan
When the entire crew of your starship succumbs to parasites, lack of oxygen, or any other biological issue, he can save the day!
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