Korea's domestic robot gets a smiley face

The final version of Korea's planned army of networked domestic robots may look nothing like this prototype, but it's a start. The model is designed to do such mundane tasks as answering the door and playing media files. And, yes, it can connect to the net and download orders from the mothership. So don't let that smiling face fool you. As the bard said, one can "smile and smile and be a villain." Or in this case, a networked robot under the control of an AI managed by the government or a large corporation. As if there's a difference.

[wxrman Posted Mar 24th 2006 10:48AM]

The smile is because he's exposing himself...

[(Unverified) Posted Mar 24th 2006 11:14AM]

if you ignore its "eyes" it looks like an angry diminutive cylon :|

[(Unverified) Posted Mar 24th 2006 11:27AM]

I for one welcome our robotic, ah screw it.

[(Unverified) Posted Mar 24th 2006 12:05PM]

Does that bot remember you of any other?

"Annihilate, annihilate, annihilate..."

Doctor Who?

[(Unverified) Posted Mar 24th 2006 1:01PM]

Can it get me a beer?

[(Unverified) Posted Mar 24th 2006 1:40PM]

No to the beer.

But you might be able to download some originality.

[(Unverified) Posted Mar 24th 2006 3:38PM]

I wonder, how tall is it? That flip-down thing on the front I can only assume is some form of manual entry tool (or "keyboard" as some of you call it), but if it's as short as I think it is (maybe around 3 - 4 feet), that would seem awful uncomfortable to use, especially for the 6-foot-somethings out there.

[(Unverified) Posted Mar 24th 2006 4:04PM]

Now I'm starting to hear the theme music to "The Terminator"...

[(Unverified) Posted Mar 25th 2006 1:32PM]

It's...

It's a fruitf***er.

http://www.penny-arcade.com/comic/2005/09/21