No, she's not in a state of shock, nor is she hunting for plankton -- she's simply waiting for the dentist to polish her pearly whites, just like any other conscientious robot. Known as the Showa Hanako 2, this humanoid was originally developed last year as a tool for dentists looking to practice new procedures.
Now, engineers at Japan's Showa University have updated their dental denizen, adding a motorized head and replacing her PVC skin with a more realistic silicon coating. She also boasts speech recognition capabilities and can execute freakishly natural movements, including blinking, sneezing, coughing and, under more unsavory circumstances, even choking.
19 comments:
Interesting.
thats suggestive...
I can only imagine what else the japanese will make their robots do. lol.
That is a kind of weird thing for a robot to do
Yikes!
Saw the picture, saw the word robot, and saw a Japanese name. Assumed the worst.
Choking! Oh wow
That's so freaking creepy :S
Seriously, how far do they need to go to make up an excuse for a sex doll.
Not only that, what a waste of money =\
gideeeup
This is actually creepier than sexdolls
soooooooooooo creepy! do the teeth give feedback on the ammount of pain and stuff?
Only in Japan
Jesus christ, what CAN'T the japanese do;)
Robots are basically doing everything now.
I don't think I'd like my dental training robot to have real skin.
Pretty creepy..
lol robots everywhere!
Robots....robots everywhere...
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