Kansei, Japan's emotional android
By Peter Rojas 
posted September 2nd 2005 3:25PM
posted September 2nd 2005 3:25PM
Dude, we're not in the Uncanny Valley any more;
researchers at Japan's Robot and Science Institute are taking us for a stroll through the freaking Leatherface Valley
with Kansei, a creepy new robot with a vocabulary of over 430,000 words that's designed to react emotionally to
whatever it's discussing. If you've been waiting for a robot that can turn that frown upside down this is it —
researchers have taught Kansei how to smile when it's happy and frown when it's sad by using word association software
to build an artificial intelligence program that allows the bot to make judgements about whether it likes something or
not.
[Via Mike's List]
Marshall you couldnt be more right. that thing looks like a freak. what the hell were those japanes people thinking. i think they are crazy with their little slanty eyes they cant even reproduce, how stupid are they? pretty stupid. or maybe it was supposed to look like some victim they found under the rubble from one of the earthquakes they have every 2 years. hahah.
creepy and his/her/it's right eye looks like its going to pop out :O
That is some creepy stuff right there. Keep that thing away from me.