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August 5, 2010

Telenoid Semi-Human Presence

Hiroshi Ishiguro's latest idea is the Telenoid R1, a robot that uses sensors to transmit movement and sound and replicate them in humanoid form. A controller sits beind a computer with webcam and software to cause the effect. Note that the bot is folically challenged so that according to its developers, will look "as both male and female, as both old and young." (Note also that it is limbless.) R1 will go on sale in Japan later this year for about $8,000.

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Posted by Sheila Franklin at August 5, 2010 9:10 AM

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Ok .. that thing is just creepy! I can see a really cool horror flick made out of something like that; kind of like a new form of chucky meets poltergeist.

Posted by: Jim Norcal at September 6, 2010 1:22 AM