Found this yesterday on pinktentacle.com and was mildly creeped out by it’s appearance—but it sounds perfectly reasonable on paper:
The Telenoid R1 robot is designed to add an element of realism to long-distance communication by recreating the physical presence of the remote user. The robot’s actions mirror those of the remote user, whose movements are monitored by real-time face tracking software on the user’s computer. Users can also transmit their voice through the robot’s embedded speakers.
Yeah, but seeing that thing in the (silicone) flesh is kinda freaky. They’re going to have to do something about that thing before I’d want something like that in my home.
Maybe give it better limbs, a wig and breasts perhaps?
Read more at the original post on pinktentacle.com.
