Kobie: the fondling robot to the gods

by Thomas Ricker posted Jun 28th 2007 at 9:45AM

Meet Kobie, the cuddly Koala on what appears to be life-support. We think Babelfish translation says is best, "it is a fondling elder brother robot of the nose Allah form which gives an emotional stability." Indeed. By which we assume they mean the latest in elderly care robots. This one, developed by Korea's ETRI can detect its owner's touches and react with a reassuring leg thumping and realistic movement of the head and torso. That's sweet.

Filed under: Robots

Tags: elderly, etri, koala, kobie, korea, s.korea

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muddyh2o.com @ Jun 28th 2007 9:58AM

yeah, but does this work with an iPhone?

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M0les @ Jun 28th 2007 11:18AM

Sorry... Did you say "leg thumping" or "leg humping"?

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Michael Heinz @ Jun 28th 2007 12:05PM

Wait. Why are the gods fondling this robot?

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Simon @ Jun 28th 2007 12:07PM

Surely they could have found SOMEWHERE else for that cable to attach! (no, not there!)

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NovaLand @ Jun 28th 2007 12:19PM

I, for one, fondles with the overlord robots until they welcome me!

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CharlieX @ Jun 28th 2007 12:38PM

Im in ur hospital, smokin ur hooka

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jmani @ Jun 28th 2007 12:48PM

I for one welcome our leg-humping koala robot overlords!

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