NTUST's humanoid robot walks into your nightmare

Look National Taiwan University of Science and Technology, we understand this is your first walking, bi-pedal robot -- but why the peel-away face? Just slap in some big manga eyes and button-mouth and we might be able to sleep at night. But no, you show up at the Taipei International Invention Show with this creepoid, capable of singing via synthesizer and walking 2-meters in a straight line -- presumably in preparation to celebrate our demise.

[anantha92 @ Sep 25th 2008 9:00AM]

Couldn't they at least ahve made the guy a bit better looking?

[Flashpoint @ Sep 25th 2008 9:07AM]

Come wit me if you want to liv.

[steve @ Sep 25th 2008 9:09AM]

Now I know why those Koreans always kick my ass in counterstrike, cybernetic implants!

[tom @ Sep 25th 2008 9:30AM]

@steve, that's because you suck at FPS game. Don't take the blame on the others.

By the way, these kids are from Taiwan (not Korea), the little island southeast of China

[DssTrainer @ Sep 25th 2008 9:46AM]

Would have been cool to make him look like arnold... at least put sunglasses and a leather jacket on it.

[steve @ Sep 25th 2008 11:09AM]

@tom

I'm sorry if you were born without a sense of humor, but do you have to take out your frustrations on other people?

[steve @ Sep 25th 2008 11:15AM]

@tom

I'm sorry that you were born without a sense of humor, but don't go taking out your frustrations on me.

[OneLove @ Sep 25th 2008 11:43AM]

why does a robot need glasses?

[strider_mt2k @ Sep 25th 2008 11:45AM]

To see to the other side!

[Joe-rel @ Sep 25th 2008 12:07PM]

I really wouldn't mind a smaller form factor that way it is closer to the size of my Wii.

Check this out: Break These Rules Blog

[The Joker @ Sep 25th 2008 6:30PM]

Run kids, it's a DorkBot!

[Ivan Lee @ Sep 26th 2008 1:39AM]

What's wrong with the way "it" looks? I see that face everytime I look in the mirror.

[Crack head DooFuss @ Oct 6th 2008 1:41PM]

anantha92 --- i just don,t think i can deal with a talking stick right now,
sad part is we only get to see tec that is 25 years old right,the
gov is playing around with tec we might never live long enough to see
or know about,one has to assume the military is way more advanced ,
with their robotics then they r saying ,n thats just one of the fears
Dam it my crack pipe keeps going out,maybe if i went in my oxygen tent
it will burn better ,ohhhh yaaaa. oooou, colors ,what the,,,

[Rob Bourne @ Sep 25th 2008 9:01AM]

Is that his completed twin standing behind him?

[john @ Sep 26th 2008 11:20AM]

these stupid japanese, why couldn't they invest in something more realistic that can be more USE to the human race instead of creating something that will one day take over us....boooooooo

[strider_mt2k @ Sep 25th 2008 9:02AM]

CAPTION:

At this point the newly re-animated Sam was having some serious second thoughts about donating his remains for that research program.

[Shinigami @ Sep 25th 2008 9:03AM]

Is it my paranoia or it really looks scary?

[strider_mt2k @ Sep 25th 2008 9:04AM]

It looks more scared of us.

Perhaps it should be.

[Najakwa @ Sep 25th 2008 9:57AM]

The Uncanny Valley just gets wider and wider.

[7on @ Sep 25th 2008 9:05AM]

The 600 series had rubber skin. We spotted them easy.

[megamouse @ Sep 25th 2008 9:07AM]

WHY on earth the robots have to have human faces !?

is the movie 'i, robot' on a 65+ age restriction in Taiwan?? if not, have they seem it yet?

[farfisa @ Sep 25th 2008 9:08AM]

If I built a robot, I'd make one that could see without glasses.

[Darwin @ Sep 25th 2008 9:42AM]

I think my coffee just came out of my nose.

[Bethany @ Sep 25th 2008 12:03PM]

wow that was funny

[dervheid @ Sep 25th 2008 9:08AM]

AAAAAARGH!

ROBOGEEK!

Runaway! Runaway!

[wayne @ Sep 25th 2008 9:10AM]

Is it just me or do we seem to be following a uneasy similar path to the predictions of world domination by robots brought on in books and movies?

[turkification @ Sep 25th 2008 9:13AM]

i was thinking the same thing.

[psychofire1 @ Sep 25th 2008 9:17AM]

wow. that looks like something i saw years ago on twilight zone i think it was.

and while on the subject.
how do you put a user icon on here?

[BratPAQ @ Sep 25th 2008 9:25AM]

well at least give some feedback about THE robot, not just about its face, or the face is the only thing you can understand and you know NADA about the robot?

[Alex Campagna @ Sep 25th 2008 9:26AM]

They could have at least put Arnold Schwarzenegger's face on there.

[projektR @ Sep 25th 2008 9:26AM]

Why does it need glasses? You would think an advanced machine like this would have 20-20 vision.

[Ignatius @ Sep 25th 2008 11:04AM]

There's better than 20-20 vision. Apparently someone has never reached the bottom of the chart. (10-20, ability to read at 20 feet that the average will be able to read at 10 feet.)

[Neeko @ Sep 25th 2008 9:28AM]

Our need to make ROBOTS humanlike will def be our downfall. And that head scares me.. Does it have to look like a real head just to show it can walk?

[gamedude420 @ Sep 25th 2008 3:19PM]

Ignatius


i have and 5-20

after i had laser eye surgery in 2001

[To: Hell @ Sep 25th 2008 9:30AM]

Pacific Rim Robo Urkel

[michas_pi @ Sep 25th 2008 9:32AM]

Looks like an amateur ASIMO.

[Rhinosaur @ Sep 25th 2008 9:39AM]

I'm going to have nightmares tonight.

[Richard Arrighi @ Sep 25th 2008 9:40AM]

arrrrrgh!

[SlickD @ Sep 25th 2008 9:48AM]

Just a guess, I think the guy in white shirt is the one design for this robot. They look identical. lol

[Shinigami @ Sep 25th 2008 10:28AM]

He always wanted to have a twin brother. Now he can! :)

[bureX @ Sep 25th 2008 9:48AM]

*BZZZT* WHERE IS SARAH CONOR?!

... at least they could put the head of Arnold on that thing, cuz' getting killed by this guy is way to embarrassing.

[ehisforadam @ Sep 25th 2008 9:55AM]

Ugh, welcome to the uncanny valley. That thing is just creepy and disconcerting.

[mklab @ Sep 25th 2008 10:06AM]

Poor guy.

[w4rh34rt @ Sep 25th 2008 10:57AM]

That's just harsh.. Beheading someone and then putting his head on a robot!

What the deuce!

[strider_mt2k @ Sep 25th 2008 11:46AM]

Automobile?

[VampireHunter Z @ Sep 25th 2008 11:51AM]

I love tech and all but this type of stuff should be banned. That is some creepy shit. If you are going to make robots they shouldn't even be in humanoid form much less have a face like that.

[Bad Beaver @ Sep 25th 2008 12:11PM]

Judging by the looks, it will talk nerdy to you, as in order to distract enough for it to ram its metal claw right through your entrails. Once these are out to hunt the fleshies in packs, frightened observers will scream "BUT THEY LOOKED LIKE DORKS!" into every camera pointed at them.

[kellogs908 @ Sep 25th 2008 12:45PM]

So they went to all that trouble to make a robot and they made a 4 ft" tall asian one......all I can say is if he can't make me a damn good eggroll my trust in humanity has been eroded

[RatonVaquero @ Sep 25th 2008 4:10PM]

Sparks:"But your robot will be a brain surgeon!"
Murphey: Ah thats bunk, if he cant even break the 5'0 barrired, he cant be a a brain surgeon.

Stormy: okay, so what if i put my brain in a robot body, and then there was a war between robots vs humans, which side would i be on?
Debbie: humans! you still have a human brain.
Sparks: but the humans would discriminate against you. You can't even vote!
Marco: man, we better not have to live on reservations, that would really chap my caboose

Murphy: "Nails are like candy to robots. And we'll eat tires instead of licorice."
Debbie: "Gawd! No we won't"
Murphy: "Maybe you won't!"

[steven @ Sep 25th 2008 6:09PM]

We'll at least it's 10x better than china robots and stop complaining about it. I want to see you building a high detail robot.