Skin, it does a robot good

Hang on to your Jimmy hats kids, human skin for robots has just been created in a lab somewhere in Japan, of course. OK, it's not real skin, rather, a 1-cm thick film of elastic silicone covered by a 0.2-mm thick textured layer of firm urethane -- a dermis and epidermis, if you will -- which 10 out of 12 lonely robotics professors swear feels like the real deal. The artificial skin was developed primarily for cosmetics testing in a partnership 'tween Kao Corporation and a research team from Keio University led by Takashi Maeno. Yeah, right, cosmetics. With work already underway to make robots detect their owner's sweat and racing pulse, well, we think it's pretty clear where this is all going, eh?

[Nate @ Sep 20th 2006 9:28AM]

Yes!! I finally get to customize my perfect girlfriend!

[Que @ Sep 20th 2006 9:26AM]

This is pretty funny.

[John @ Sep 20th 2006 9:28AM]

Why do they look like characters from the Howard Stern Show. Are these the Japan Lab's test subjects?

[cecilia @ Sep 20th 2006 10:40AM]

*Why do they look like characters from the Howard Stern Show.*

Because Howard knows what attracts guys attention: Lessssssbians!

[Kirk Fernandes @ Sep 20th 2006 2:53PM]

Actually I think this skin was invented in the 1980s because I'm pretty sure I saw those three girls in one of the mall scenes in a John Hughes film.

[richie osborn @ Sep 25th 2006 12:43PM]

dont know but sure do looks sexy been nice to sex one that can walk talk and do every thing a real woman can im mean every thing. when you get tired of them turn them off cant do that woith a real one.

[torinostu351 @ Sep 20th 2006 9:28AM]

I can't wait until I can have my own Motoko Kusanagi. Of course, she'll probably just use me for target practice.

[Ras Thavas @ Sep 20th 2006 9:32AM]

I, for one, welcome our sexually active robotic overlords.

Where's the Jenna Jameson model?

[Mojorisin69 @ Sep 20th 2006 9:44AM]

I would bang that robot on the right.

[bill @ Sep 25th 2006 7:03AM]

ck out the one on the left she is all cleaned up and ready to go

[zoara @ Sep 20th 2006 9:51AM]

Help me. I'm stranded in the Valley.

They *scare* me.

[eQUIV @ Sep 20th 2006 9:51AM]

These robots look so slutty that I think I'd still use a condom.

The last thing I need is roboherpes.

[tcc3 @ Sep 21st 2006 3:19PM]

Or ElectroGonhorrea...the noisy killer!

[geoff @ Sep 20th 2006 9:53AM]

I wonder if this has any applications for people with skin conditions(ie. burns, deformities). Or maybe that's a little too Texas Chainsaw Massacare?

[R @ Sep 20th 2006 9:57AM]

Those robotic women are extremely lifelike . . . if you're referring to the blank, mindless stare. I've seen that same expression on some of the women walking about L.A.

[Tim @ Sep 20th 2006 9:58AM]

So pretty soon that movie 'Cherry 2000' will seem a lot more realistic! haha

[TexRob @ Sep 20th 2006 10:00AM]

I'm surprised nobody has chimed in what those pics are from yet. Those pics are from Real Doll I'm 99% sure. Look, I'm just the messenger, I don't own one! Haven't you guys ever watched Real Sex on HBO?

[Ed Ciesielski @ Sep 20th 2006 1:23PM]

Exactly what I thought

[meesterbrian @ Sep 20th 2006 10:01AM]

the image looks liek it was taken from the www.realdolls.com site

[TexRob @ Sep 20th 2006 10:02AM]

OMG, Cherry 2000, I think I remember seeing that on Cinemax when I was younger. Is that the sex slave robot movie where the robot kills someone? or someone "kills" the robot? I only vaguely remember the plot...

[Dave @ Sep 20th 2006 10:04AM]

Did they invent a time machine as well? How else could they get those two dolls on the left and right straight out of the 80's?

[Jb @ Sep 25th 2006 8:47AM]

Oh man you hit it right on.

[o0adam0o @ Sep 20th 2006 10:12AM]

I wonder if these things will have voice command. Heck Yeah!

[bryan @ Sep 20th 2006 10:27AM]

they Look sexy!

[stella n @ Sep 21st 2006 2:02AM]

tooo creepy. its not the dolls, it's the guys who use them not the lonely one, but the ones who have evvvvvill intentions.But they do look interesting?

[Jb @ Sep 25th 2006 8:48AM]

Plastic women are not attractive. Seriously, what were they thinking using those "models" as a front for this product? Dumb, dumb, dumb. Where are the male "models"?

[Matt @ Sep 20th 2006 10:54AM]

Those pics are from real doll.

[js @ Sep 20th 2006 7:27PM]

Do they use Sony batteries?

[Rick @ Sep 20th 2006 11:18AM]

look like the babes in that video - I Didn't Mean to Turn You On.... cool

[Kei @ Sep 20th 2006 11:28AM]

the middle one looks like Carey from King of Queens.

[Brenden @ Sep 20th 2006 11:39AM]

It puts the lotion in the basket, or else it gets the hose!!!!

[Johann @ Sep 20th 2006 12:03PM]

Why does the one in the middle look like Beyonce???

[Kirk Fernandes @ Sep 20th 2006 2:53PM]

At first glance I also thought it was Destiny's Child.

[Bill @ Sep 20th 2006 12:19PM]

All Right! When can I get my own Marilyn Monrobot.

[TIMMAH! @ Sep 20th 2006 12:28PM]

[Cue music]
Chikkie bauw chikkie bauw bauw!

[wargarurumon @ Sep 20th 2006 12:51PM]

man, when are they gonna show some more pictures

[Shunnabunich @ Sep 20th 2006 1:13PM]

Whenever you make your way over to realdoll.com. That's where the pic is from. And no, they aren't robots. :P

[SideSwipe @ Sep 20th 2006 1:19PM]

Hookerbot 2.0!

[hoy @ Sep 20th 2006 1:24PM]

LOL, that's awesome! This reminds me of this video I saw showing a hot robot girl from the Tokyo Robot Expo:

http://www.videohottie.com/2006/09/16/hot-robot-girl/

[Kevin @ Sep 20th 2006 1:48PM]

There is some things I hope they never get right. This is one of them.

[Mike @ Sep 22nd 2006 11:59AM]

hehe I hope they're also working on a good cleaning solvent for this material...for 'protein' stains.

[JafCo @ Sep 20th 2006 2:50PM]

Definite uncanny valley.

PS: Are comments working correctly?

[Brian from Texas @ Sep 20th 2006 3:28PM]

Oh yeah, Oh yeah, Oh OH, YEAH YEAH ....aaaahhhhhhh.

[Patrick @ Sep 20th 2006 5:32PM]

LOL

"they swear it feels like the real deal"

where, may I ask?

[stella n @ Sep 21st 2006 2:02AM]

i shall stand corrected these things do scare me and to have one in my room well....that wouldn't happen. too close to the puppetmaster movie for me.

[BiggusDiccus @ Sep 21st 2006 10:08AM]

I hope they're grounded because you'll get a real shock if you get it "wet".

[Frankenstein Black @ Sep 29th 2006 10:06AM]

WHY WAIT? Get your Robot sex-on right now!
http://www.realdoll.com/
Hum, cold, lifeless sudo chicks just don’t do it for me. You sick, necrophilia suffering SOBs ;^)...

[bill @ Sep 25th 2006 6:46AM]

look at one on left she is ready for a date on the street

[Cindie @ Sep 25th 2006 7:17AM]

Can anyone one say STEPFORD WIFES?

[Cindie @ Sep 25th 2006 7:16AM]

Can anyone say STEPFORD WIFES?