• humanoid looking aka creepy as fuck Robot receptionist welcomes shoppers at Japan's Mitsukoshi store
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[QUOTE=Sableye;47567522]Ya but how quick would that get shut down by the political correctness police[/QUOTE] What
[QUOTE=Thlis;47566240]Personally while I agree that vaguely human or masked human designs are better I think the ASIMO kind of robot is the problem. They are trying to copy humans rather than making them work as efficiently as humans. If a machine has to display emotion then you can do it as easily and more effectively with an emoticon on a screen than 200 motors in an unconvincing face. I don't think we should shy away from aiming for more humanoid robots but the methods so far have been really hamfisted and overly glorified.[/QUOTE] [t]http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-PNjQnhawiBo/UZ7X4ASdB9I/AAAAAAAAA8Q/R7Yb1t3l6uc/s1600/Interstella+5555+2.png[/t]
[QUOTE=RetaDepa;47566501]What I don't understand is why people still insist on straddling uncanny valley when developing humanoid robots. I personally think that having some sort of non-threatening cartoonish approach is the best.[/QUOTE] I don't think humanoid robot engineers are creative enough to come up with a good design.
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