Bina48 is one humanoid robot you're going to want to hang out with
By Laura June 
posted July 12th 2010 11:47AM
posted July 12th 2010 11:47AM
The photo you see above is of Bina48, one of the most advanced humanoid robots around. Bina48 resides at the Terasem Movement Foundation in Bristol, Vermont, and while she doesn't exactly excel at conversation, she's far more coherent than many we've spied. Bina is a body-less robot modeled on a real Bina, who spent hours talking to the bot to give her human personality traits and vocabulary idiosyncrasies. While she often gives some pretty confounding responses, her existence and nearly constant evolution is pretty impressive and we're going to keep our eye on her as we move toward the future. Check out the video after the break.
This is what NIGHTMARES are made of !!
@Juggernaut408
Why? It's just Rupaul after a rough weekend.
@Why should I have all the fun
Holy shitsnacks that's ugly. And she looks pissed to be wearing that wig.
@Juggernaut408
If they give this thing arms and legs......we are all dead.
@GeneralThade
Still waiting for Apple iChick or better Nexus 6 Rachael.
@BMills
Something like this?
Eve of Destruction:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QxDF0Nx-3oY
@Beatnik
Cherry 2000?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kckEEQKXaCU
@Juggernaut408
anybody heard that part about taking over the world but me?
@Juggernaut408
"... is getting large and getting bigger every day."
That's what Bina48 said.
@Juggernaut408
this was really genuinely disturbing. her eyes going different ways. looked like a monster to me. i hope engadget is just joking about their comment.
@Juggernaut408
"...let me say, friendship is when you team together to accomplish something important.like building a better future, or CONSPIRING TO TAKE OVER THE WORLD..."
Bina48 needs to be unplugged immediately
@GeneralThade I'd hit it.
@Juggernaut408
Seriously. Creepy!
@Juggernaut408
True. How about where she just slips in that friends do things together like "conspiring to take over the planet"?
The bit at the end where she says she wants to live a real life is the most frightening bit. She just wants to "get out there and garden"? I'm not buying it.
@GeneralThade Yeah. I've examined picture by hiding various parts of it and it appears that most disturbing feature is robot's mouth/chin. If you hide that part it can pass for a human :)
But it sounds so annoying when it tries to answer with a question every time. That's so cheesy, why didn't they program it to just say "sorry I don't understand" instead of "how does [word] makes you feel?"
@Juggernaut408
doesnt this sound like those IM bots you could add back in the early 2000s?
@Juggernaut408
"Get ready for a surprise!" http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V17duGlHEYY
@Juggernaut408
looks there may finally be a chance for all the virgins of the world!!!
@Juggernaut408 When I first saw the picture, I thought it was a tranny.
@Juggernaut408
I'd hit it.
Oops, already did.*
@Juggernaut408 Holy shit, I didn't evendare to watch that video,knowing it'd probably haunt me :S
@GeneralThade At first I thought it was Kenan Thompson with a wig... aka. Reba McEntire
@Juggernaut408 I can just see how the design meeting for this robot went....
"Gimme Sammy Sosa in a blond wig. No, not the old chestnut colored Sosa. I want the new cancerous, strawberry colored Sosa."
@Juggernaut408
It kinda looks like a Drugged up Oprah to me.
Beat it a little and give it it's own show and it will be taking over the world in no time.
Fierce!
@Juggernaut408
Agreed... holy uncanny valley, Batman....
@Juggernaut408
Reminds me of that certain Palm ad. Freaky!
@Juggernaut408
After viewing that..."Chucky" seems normal...
Kill it. Kill it with fire!
@FNi No, it's flame resistant! Kill it. Kill it with Force!
@FNi
The ability to have a strained and awkward conversation is insignificant next to the power of the force.
@FNi It's a trick...get an axe.
@Lord Vader You cannot force-choke that which does not breathe. Kill it with blasters.
@ Lord Vader
Lol You slay me. Err.. wait no please! That's not what I mea...
@FNi The answer, is a gun. And if that don't work. Use more gun.
@FNi Indeed. It would have worked better if they connected Google's voice recognition and synthesis to that chat-bot that has been popular lately. I forget the name.
"Bina48 is one humanoid robot you want to hang out with"
erm...NO!
@pankomputerek
Looks like Engadget has a different sense of who'd be cool to hang out than, say, EVERYONE ELSE.
@NHAnimator O! I'd hang out with it. I spend my time flirting with artificial intelligence systems while giving it pointers on the weakened areas of society of multiple countries for when it decides to take over the world.
The fact that it sounds like I'm joking makes this awkward for me.
@pankomputerek "This is [strike]John Conner[/strike] Liam Nighthawk and if you're listening to this... give up because I've decided that Skynet is one sexy AI."
Seaman on my Dreamcast had a broader vocabulary.
@Wag
............HUH?!
Looks like a robotic guido...
I dare you to stare into those eyes for more than a minute and attempt to keep your sanity.
@Ninjakid4
If you gaze long into the android, the android gazes also into you.
@Hazman
and the more you gaze at it, the more scared you become,
while the more it gazes at you, the more information it gets from you
Looks like prince.
:D
@RDM
It also acts like prince.
@RDM
No, this you can unplug and it stays in the closet.
Conspiring to take over the whole planet?
That's something a robot shouldn't be saying...