Mindless Robot - Could Sarah Palin Be Replicated Already?

[tomm2thumbs]

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Showcase of Japanese technologies that hopefully our country will be getting into when we start to emphasize technology and sciences under the Obama administration - even the Republicans could get behind this as they could start to build an army of Republican voters who they could program NOT to switch sides to Democratic - their last hope of saving their crumbling party.

Just posting to show how much America needs to start doing in order to get back into the technology leadership position again - no need to put on main page

[EnviroBat]

1. Awesome!

Now how soon before I can have sex with it...?

[cooolandrew]

2. The amount it might cost maybe cheaper to date high maintenance woman.>

Although, a robot woman would certainly never have a headache. I just woouldn't like my chances if there was a short circuit.

[TheEuclideanOne]

20. I already did!

She just doesn't know it.

[AlbertCat]

3. domo arigato

[burning rain]

4. Look for tricked -out Palin and Coulter 'bots...

for all the lonely conservative guys out there.

[YOY]

5. Sure it's cute now...

but just wait till it comes to your door at 2 am with an rail gun rifle and glowing read eyes covered in what's left of your neighbors!

[AndyTiedye]

6. Maybe Sarah Palin is Another One of These

[tomm2thumbs]

8. beautiful - can't imagine what that must've been to seen that back then... WOW

[MilesColtrane]

7. Excellent.

My army of killer fembots is coming together nicely.

Just needs a little more junk in the trunk.

[Cronopio]

9. They're almost always female-looking, aren't they?

As it's Japen, I figure they'll starting marketing the Prepubscent Schoolgirl Bot within five years.

The twisted little feckers.

[iamthebandfanman]

11. nah thats not true.

they all have the same general shape tho, minus the clearly placed breast area on this one...
but no, not all of them look like women... so dont go making broad statements...

[Cronopio]

13. Hence my use of the phrase "almost always". nt

[winyanstaz]

10. It is easier to boss a female robot around and not as scary

A male robot would give people ideas that they can boss men around..cant have that..:P

[Cronopio]

14. "A male robot would give people ideas ..."

... that the designers are ... gay?

I understand that homosexuality is even more of a stigma in Japan than here.

[MercutioATC]

12. They gave ASIMO boobs!

http://asimo.honda.com/

[Mithreal]

15. This isn't technological leadership. It seems more about making toys. nt

[idlisambar]

16. It's both

It's a pretty impressive display of bideal control, and beneath the surface their is a lot of impressive hardware technology.

[tomm2thumbs]

17. well put - and could lead to injured soldiers being able to walk and function again

if someone wants to call that 'a toy', it makes me wonder how big their vision for the possibilities is

[Mithreal]

19. Biology will soon allow injured soldiers to walk again.

Nice, throwing the patriotic angle in there. Cheers to you for that whether intentional or not.

Rats with severed spinal cords were restored using stem cells. The human therapy will not be far away.

Science fiction has played with the idea of humaniform robots for decades. Do not misunderstand me. The coordinated software and hardware on that thing may be of high value. My argument is against humaniform robots.

[Juche]

22. Human therapy is already underway in China

http://www.redorbit.com/news/science/64682/chinese_doctor_treats_the_paralyzed_with_fetal_cells/index.html

I think South East Asia will take the lead in robotics and biotechnology since their countries have export driven economies.

I've heard the reason Japan puts so much time into robotics is because their birth rate is so low that by the 2020s they will have a nation of geriatics and not enough young people to take care of them. So they are investing in robots now so they are functional when they need them 20 years from now. Too bad the world can't show that kind of long range thinking on climate change, but there you go.

[Mithreal]

18. Of course it is a display of technology, just not leadership

Physorg regularly has great examples of technological leadership, but humaniform robots are a wrong direction. They will either be toys or eventually perform services and companionship.

Under that surface may be some great technology, but I would argue that there is a lot more on display here than the the underlying technology.

[idlisambar]

21. you have a point

Eventually, robots with humanoid form will have their place -- simply because the world around us is built for humans -- but making the robot cosmetically look human is not too technically interesting; makes for good PR though.