The name Sanrio is usually associated with Hello Kitty, but perhaps now it will also be associated with another girly product: fembots. A Sanrio subsidiary, Kokoro, created and refined the Actroid DER2. She has a much wider range of motion and expression than the previous DER model, and her lip movements coordinate surprisingly well with her speech. Unfortunately, she has to be pre-programmed with things to say and motions, so she won't really be able to interact with you, but you can still rent her for about $3,500 per week (400,000 yen) if you're interested in taking her - and possibly her tech support people - for a spin.
[via boingboing]
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10-08-2006 @ 8:23AM
Guram said...
Not the bad price for rent. :)
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10-08-2006 @ 11:45AM
DJ said...
Once they build female robots that are, uh, "fully functional", the market will explode. You'll probably have more wives buying them for their husbands than anything else....
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10-08-2006 @ 12:52PM
cars expert said...
Dj, if this will happen we'll became so happy. We get a perfect women !
http://www.auto-power-girl.com/
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