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Mark_McCracken
So, basically, it's a closed circuit television system in a mannequin that has a movable face? That doesn't appear to be much different than the robots they had at Disney World 35 years ago.
GW
My bet is the first robots will end up with features the pervs are all looking for, this whole putting a human face is totaly heading in that direction, the future is looking less & less rosy by the day on htese isles
OssanAmerica
This is good news for those guys who just can't seem to get dates.
nath
She looks constipated.
Disillusioned
It reminds me of a woman I used to team-teach with at high school although, the robot has some expression and animation.
Sarge
"eerily life-like face"
Where?
Den Den
I think of 6 emotions, only happiness is positive. That means over 80% of the time, children will be scolded at. No wonder "it" can make kids cry.
hakujinsensei
quite soon, women in japan will no longer have to worry about being bothered by the boys
Wakarimasen
How long before some enterprising filmmaker shoots a "movie" involving a bunch of pupils having their way with the robot teacher. She certainly could maange all the required facial expressions
30061015
Can she detect an incoming spit ball?
biglittleman
Ghost in the Shell BEGINS!!!
bakabaka
There is something deeply disturbing at the way the Japanese relate to robots...
Samuraiiki
Now they can caress her and not fear sexual Harrasment charges.
memyselfI
I will vomit when they introduce the " kawaii " ROBOT
mindovermatter
Just Wait till she finds out what the oyaji staff has in mind for her after the enkai... She's really going to be in for a surprise :o)
Nessie
I don't get this fascination with robots.
helloklitty
For 5 mill you'd think the breasts would be more voluptuous.
noborito
So visitors and students at Tokyo University are "young children"? An exact quote.
Kind of fits the childish atmosphere at the University's here in Japan.
KaptainKichigai
Can she say "Ill be back!"? Cyberdyne model J2000
GG2141
The whole robot thing in Japan is a bit odd. I sometimes think that the Govt. has created some sort of secret plan to finance robot manufacturing as the next wave of industrial growth.
We laugh now, but will we still be laughing when Japanese robots rule the world???
http://www.theonion.com/content/video/in_the_know_are_we_giving_the
Dennis Bauer
Crush on the teacher will have a whole new meaning, more declining birthrate?
cactusJack
When her software freezes, does her face turn blue? And where is the "re-boot" button located?
dontpanic
"I sometimes think that the Govt. has created some sort of secret plan to finance robot manufacturing as the next wave of industrial growth"
Thats not a secret, its an openly stated government objective and good for them. With the global economy on its knees and low cost economies ready to step in to make everyday products, its value added research like this that will help developed nations maintain a decent standard of living.
I dont see the need for a robot teacher, but there are plenty of mundane, heavy, or dangerous jobs robots can step into. Invest now while the research is still in its infancy.
gogogo
Smile? Looks like it needs to go poop.
oberst
" We laugh now, but will we still be laughing when Japanese robots rule the world??? "
ONLY if the robot industry support robot as sex toy.
likeitis
An astute observation. Somebody forgot to tell the geeks who made her that the smile is in the eyes, not the mouth. No surprise the socially inept would not realize that.
More power to them.
nath
She looks like the female teller at my local bank or the woman behind the checkout at the supermarket....hmmm fushigi desu ne!
Freddy5
Shouldn't the headline read: "Robot-looking human smiles in Japan classroom"?
JOKERXJOKER
why her face looks like the ghost that crawl out the t.v..from that famous horror film..lol i wonder what happen if someone punch her face..bets it will still say thank you.lol. by the way don't called a pre-programmed mannequin a robot. A robot is a machine that have A.I, and capable of analyzing, interpreting and give timely solutions to problems and actions based on changes on environments, interactions and timing variables. for more info pls search on advance A.I Tech improvements and applications. Asimo is not a robot also, its only piece of remote control junk that got hype from intense marketing.Just give Asimo a kick on the back during its duhhh..walking demo and u know what i meant.. i'm a researcher of advance A.I tech..walking and running in 2 feet is such a no go and inefficient...just a leak :we develop real robots that levitate/fly and capable of recharge itself only using sun light give it a jumble up rubic cube, it can solve for u less than 10 minutes (we still upgrading that)..wait for the news..the new dawn is coming...hahahaha
JOKERXJOKER
..by the way the robots that we create ..doesn't a bit look like human ..its..err..just look like robots.
oberst
That expression................ looks like she is constipated !!
oberst
where is the "re-boot" button located? .................................................
rumor has it she has two re-boot buttons
UnagiDon
"looks like a porn star burn victim..."
rogerbentham
this is scary. japan has a population problem, and this is the solution, robots. probably could rip a kid's right out of it's socket if he didn't behave.