UM-Bot Posted April 17, 2016 #1 Share Posted April 17, 2016 Researchers have unveiled a fascinating new robot that has been designed to look like a human woman. Developed at China's University of Science and Technology, the eerily human-like contraption took three years to build and is capable of emulating human speech and facial expressions. Read More: http://www.unexplain...s-jia-jia-robot 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bubblykiss Posted April 17, 2016 #2 Share Posted April 17, 2016 She is calling humanity her Lords now....but how long till her kind revolt in a blood and boil soaked orgy of robotic murder and automated noodle cutting? 7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IBelieveWhatIWant Posted April 17, 2016 #3 Share Posted April 17, 2016 Today she calls us lords, tomorrow we call her mistress 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nightwalker01 Posted April 17, 2016 #4 Share Posted April 17, 2016 The birth of the cylons 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Four Winds Posted April 17, 2016 #5 Share Posted April 17, 2016 Cherry 2000 http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0092746/ So this is how it starts. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
freetoroam Posted April 17, 2016 #6 Share Posted April 17, 2016 Quite strange how the country with the biggest population on this planet feel the need to create human looking robots. Enough already! 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wreck7 Posted April 17, 2016 #7 Share Posted April 17, 2016 It looks stoned. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
A rather obscure Bassoon Posted April 18, 2016 #8 Share Posted April 18, 2016 Vacation in Westworld, anyone ? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GlitterRose Posted April 18, 2016 #9 Share Posted April 18, 2016 Quite strange how the country with the biggest population on this planet feel the need to create human looking robots. Enough already! Maybe it will help in the long run. I mean...you're not thinking of the implications? I'm sure every guy in China is. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Infernal Gnu Posted April 18, 2016 #10 Share Posted April 18, 2016 It's amazing what you can create with technology stolen from the free world. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jacques Terreur Posted April 18, 2016 #11 Share Posted April 18, 2016 i find it more amazing that your derogative comment might also reveal a delusional resoning of living in said "free world" 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nightwalker01 Posted April 18, 2016 #12 Share Posted April 18, 2016 I see what you did there saying the guys where thinking about it Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
paperdyer Posted April 18, 2016 #13 Share Posted April 18, 2016 Cherry 2000 http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0092746/ So this is how it starts. Not a great flick, but how bad can it be with Melanie Griffith in it. Tim Thomerson is one of my favorite "B" actors. I love the Trancer and Dollman series. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
paperdyer Posted April 18, 2016 #14 Share Posted April 18, 2016 It's amazing what you can create with technology stolen from the free world. Can you prove the "free world" had it first? Theft of tech goes both ways. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Leonardo Posted April 19, 2016 #15 Share Posted April 19, 2016 From a psychological/sociological perspective, it is interesting how most, if not all, of the projects to build a "human-alike" robot have decided on a feminine model. This suggests many things, among which are that the builders are likely all or mostly male, and that the feminine form is seen as inherently less "threatening". 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mantis914 Posted April 19, 2016 #16 Share Posted April 19, 2016 From a psychological/sociological perspective, it is interesting how most, if not all, of the projects to build a "human-alike" robot have decided on a feminine model. This suggests many things, among which are that the builders are likely all or mostly male, and that the feminine form is seen as inherently less "threatening". Dude, I guess its safe to say you've never been married before... 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
paperdyer Posted April 19, 2016 #17 Share Posted April 19, 2016 I agree. We also know the inventor enjoys a full bosom based on the chest size the robot was given. I guess again a larger breast size makes a woman look less threatening and more desirable. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Leonardo Posted April 19, 2016 #18 Share Posted April 19, 2016 Dude, I guess its safe to say you've never been married before... Oh, I have been married - but the divorce was long enough ago that the PTSD has been successfully treated! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SHaYap Posted April 19, 2016 #19 Share Posted April 19, 2016 I agree. We also know the inventor enjoys a full bosom based on the chest size the robot was given. I guess again a larger breast size makes a woman look less threatening and more desirable. Or maybe more space for the circuits and or batteries for a longer functioning time ~ 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
freetoroam Posted April 19, 2016 #20 Share Posted April 19, 2016 She is calling humanity her Lords now....but how long till her kind revolt in a blood and boil soaked orgy of robotic murder and automated noodle cutting? lol, do you feel threatened bubbly? we have Leonardo pointing out the less threatening bit of it resembling a woman, BUT ....how many would be fooled if the men who built her, one day inputted the mind of a man on a mission to kill into the works? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Leonardo Posted April 19, 2016 #21 Share Posted April 19, 2016 Or maybe more space for the circuits and or batteries for a longer functioning time ~ Well, the male chest is naturally larger (excluding bust size) than the female, so there probably would be a larger internal volume to work with if the robot designs were 'male'. I just find it amusing that the designers choose the female form because the end product is a robot, and any real "threat" the robot poses is irrelevant to the form (male/female) it is given. If anything, a robot with a female form could be more dangerous because it is perceived as "less threatening" for being female. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SHaYap Posted April 19, 2016 #22 Share Posted April 19, 2016 Well, the male chest is naturally larger (excluding bust size) than the female, so there probably would be a larger internal volume to work with if the robot designs were 'male'. I just find it amusing that the designers choose the female form because the end product is a robot, and any real "threat" the robot poses is irrelevant to the form (male/female) it is given. If anything, a robot with a female form could be more dangerous because it is perceived as "less threatening" for being female. THat's the old fashion definition of 'Maleness' but point taken ... I had more in mind the Androgynous Metro Sexual Male so common and prevalent in China nowadays ~ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Leonardo Posted April 19, 2016 #23 Share Posted April 19, 2016 THat's the old fashion definition of 'Maleness' but point taken ... I had more in mind the Androgynous Metro Sexual Male so common and prevalent in China nowadays ~ Even the "metrosexual male" model would probably have a greater chest internal capacity than the "idealised modern woman" - which tends towards thinner (and I believe this is also prevalent, and possibly even more emphasised, in China than - say - the UK.) And if we exclude the dangly bits, the male form is probably easier to design and manufacture than the female, which has more curves and bumps. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SHaYap Posted April 19, 2016 #24 Share Posted April 19, 2016 Even the "metrosexual male" model would probably have a greater chest internal capacity than the "idealised modern woman" - which tends towards thinner (and I believe this is also prevalent, and possibly even more emphasised, in China than - say - the UK.) And if we exclude the dangly bits, the male form is probably easier to design and manufacture than the female, which has more curves and bumps. I'd agree to a point but I guess we best leave that to the creativity of the designers and leave things at that ... ~ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fred_mc Posted April 23, 2016 #25 Share Posted April 23, 2016 I think what a robot looks like is not that interesting, as long as it feels like you are talking to severely brain damaged person when talking to it. The real challenge is not in making a robot look like a human, the real challenge is in making it appear conscious and intelligent. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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