While that perv in the back is busy shooting HRP-4C's firm buttocks shaped from a glossy Stormtrooper alloy, the rest of us can marvel at the fact that Japan has produced a walking, talking fashion robot. Standing at just over 5-feet tall and 95-pounds, HRP-4C, developed by Japan's National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology, will make its catwalk debut next week at the Tokyo fashion show. The she-bot features 30 motors spread throughout its body with an additional eight motors in its face for expressing general boredom and
disgust with the help. Its main purpose is entertainment and to attract crowds much like its fleshy counterparts -- so don't expect home cooked meals and laundry service should you take the $200,000 robot home. Unfortunately, HRP-4C didn't function as planned today. Reports say that the robot, "kept looking surprised, opening its mouth and eyes in a stunned expression, when the demonstrator had asked it to smile or look angry." Hmm, sounds like a fully functional model-slash-actress to us.
Update: Video posted after the break that's equal parts creepy and uh, creepy.
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posted Mar 16th 2009 9:33AM
That guy behind it looks creepy.
Noob!
if you knew the basics of photography, you would know the technical term for such angled shots is called "Side Boob"
He's the master robot.
maybe because it's a woman my dear "???"
The robot has so much paint/makeup on its face its dangerous close to looking like the average East Asian woman.
But whatever, in the dark, under the covers we are all black anyway.
I'LL TAKE TWO !!!!
Does it come in a Miko Lee model?
Something is wrong with Flashpoint!
I think Japanese men will soon start dating Robots........................it's very very obvious that they like them.
If Animes tell us anything, I'd agree with Sea Urchin
Agreed Sea Urchin...
@iGoon#2 :
Dude, you're the noob!, clearly he's pointing his camera to the chick with the glasses' back!
But does it blend?
Am I the only one that's creeped out by this. Jeez I would really love if they stop trying to make these things look human. It gives me the chills.
@iGoon#2: I was not referring to the positioning of the shot, I was referring to the being. That person just looks creepy, period.
@papafew: Long hair and unshaven does not a woman make, especially with the Japanese (who aren't particularly hairy). If you want to compromise, the androgyny involved makes the person creepier. :P
She has huge hands :(
But what does she personally believe about the education such as in South Africa and the Iraq everywhere in such as?
You can't fool me, that's not a sentence.
@JYX
Obviously you have no clue whom I'm referring to.
They should our education over here.
Well no, it was as much a response to the referenced material as you. But you totally ruined the moment by getting all defensive.
JYX:
It caught me out first time too, but then I remembered this gem:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lj3iNxZ8Dww
Well worth a watch.
(Here's Wikipedia's take on it, if you're scared of videos: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Miss_Teen_USA_2007#Final_Competition)
most robots don't have maps
They have google maps!
1) too ugly, There are tons of HOT Japanese women to model after
2) Rack is waaay too small, if you are going to improve of the female form at least make it adjustable. (D, DD, DDD)
3) I suspect we will see a new genre of porn soon. Inter-Robotal!
4) AHAHAHAH!!!
You know, I actually loled irl because of this post.
Domo arigato, inter-robotal.
(sorry)
igoon or ihenchmen, or whatever you call yourself. You will never be an internet meme, so stop trying. You're just a troll.
A bigger rack would make it to top-heavy, it would be hotter BUT AT WHAT COST!
1) This thing is actually cheaper than a model.
I prefer Dot Matrix.
"Stop looking up my can!"
Nice ReBoot reference. Love it.
I bet you'd find a chrome skull and glowing red eyes if you pulled that rubber mask off its face...
I'll admit I'm a little scared
Then she says, "Come with me if you want to live" and everything will be ok.
Change the hair to a light-blue and you just about have KOS-MOS from Xenosaga.
here's the movie:
http://www.necn.com/Boston/SciTech/2009/03/16/Japanese-scientist-unveil/1237197705.html
Here's the documentary:
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0088247/
The guy to the right must be the keymaker, totally!
It's got that expression because it's being taken from behind. The photo, I mean.
Make it look like Kylie Minogue and they have a winner
pfft... what uncanny valley
lqtm... Give it another 20 years. it'll be here soon enough.
It looks surprised because they're forcing it to walk around naked.
It's taken this long for an "I, for one, welcome out robotic blah-blah-blah overlords" post?
D'oh, "OUR robotic ...."
I need a robotic overlord to check my spelling.
We are, BradS, we are...
the link says 200million yen or 3million dollar. not 200,000 dollar.
just FYI.
Whatever... It's just Anthony Daniels, expressing his feminine side.
As usual - Daniels/3PO isn't exactly the most masculine bro on earth/in a galaxy far, far away.
Than this would be She-3Po?
Oh...... so cute! its a baby terminator! just wait 10 more years and they will be killing people :) lol
I'd totally hit that.
I'd it would hit you back with a force so powerful....
you can start practicing now with a trash can..
She has very long thighs...
I got way creeped out watching her walk........ Just a few years away from a barreling run and eventually the ability to wield weaponry....... You know if they had made this male it probably wouldve been seen as a weapon....... If they made a child version of this, Id buy a chainsaw and a double barrel shotgun and await the apocalypse.......
This was the reason they made ASIMO smaller... to make it less threatening. The original models were huge and ungainly. Somehow I doubt that this new robot is as capable as Honda's own machine. ASIMO can already run (defined as both feet off the floor mid stride), climb stairs, can pick stuff up, and can recognise people by their face and voice.
Well, it can _try_ and climb stairs. I'm sure you've seen the video.
here's the asimo on the stairs: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VTlV0Y5yAww
Anndd how much money has honda dumped into asimo? Seems like a waste..
They need to give her a Kung Fu grip... That would make for much better handjobs.
I was not aware that Kung-Fu masters were so renowned for their handjobs.
Everything about this is creepy/scary...but much more attractive than a roomba!
Her hands look unusually large... that's creepy
Her hands look unusually large... THAT'S A GOOD THING!!
I don't know about you guys, but my arms don't bend that way when I walk.
So they picked the wrong personality to base it's AI off of?
Hmmmm so it imitates your 'emotions'? I'm curious.... what is the extent of the damage it can bring? You never know when it will happen upon a pissed of guy..or worse...a woman.
What? I'm aware of my kind's potential to destruction and I'm proud of it. I'm just concerned with this potential in female robotic car-lifting-hands.
Man they couldn't afford some WD-40 for this robot??? That bot was making so much ruckus just walking. Think about all the noise and problem's it'll generate doing any other actions.... I say fail.
Sex is quiet?
Brings new meaning to the phrase, " All up in your Grill."
Wait, is that Major's first adult body?
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Motoko_Kusanagi
95 pounds? Like that fat cow is gonna get any work as a model.
They need to make a Summer Glau bot, then I'll be happy ':3
You are all missing the point here. This is the first Gen. TERMINATOR! WE WILL ALL BE DESTROYED, DESTROYED, DESTROYED!
How long do I have to wait before there is a T-X prototype as I would like to start world domination in about 5 years thanks.
It won't be feature complete until it can throw up, run over people in a car and admit itself to rehab all on it's own.
She'll be ordering ASIMO around in no time...... poor ASIMO....
not 2 knock;but advancements in technology is great, at least a couple of steps past the stone wheel
she's no rosey;but george dont't mind
I imagine Bukkake would short out the servos..
Is it just me or are her arms like ridiculously long?
Indeed, the guy in the back IS and is behaving creepy...
The Machine has yet to receive a Ghost, forbid that should ever be possible...
Her rack needs to be larger. Not for sexual purposes, but to hide the Uzi submachine guns! like the Liz Hurley Fembot in Austin Powers. Maybe she should walk forward holding cantaloupes in front of her?
Great! We already have hundreds of useless human models running around, so now they've built something robotic that's equally useless? Fucking Japanese, the people who brought you vending machines full of panties. What a waste of tech progress...
HRP-4C also raises serious consideration for how robots of the future will be integrated into society. What rights will a humanoid robot have, and what sets of ethics or morals will they follow? Will robots be capable of love and affection? These are all valid questions that society will eventually have to face. Thoughts?
- HRP-4C: Japanese robot girl makes ASIMO blush at Zygbotics