Comments on: Dance, Fembot, Dance–Right Into the Uncanny Valley

By: Pterodactyl Guano

Pterodactyl Guano — Wed, 27 Oct 2010 15:55:04 +0000

“What’s it have breasts for and why does it blink its eyes? ”

The point is to eventually make a fembot that can replace human females as sexual partners to a degree far beyond what is not possible by means of pornography, but without the risks and inconveniences of prostitution. Demand will be effectively limitless, and whoever manages to make such a product will be a billionnaire.

By: Techs

Techs — Tue, 19 Oct 2010 13:27:05 +0000

Research has shown that people like either highly realistic human robots or non-human looking robots. Anything in-between is very disliked. These designers are merely pushing boundaries and not really trying to design something practical. That will come eventually. For designers of any kind this is play, it’s a toy. The best job in the world.

By: Shade

Shade — Tue, 19 Oct 2010 07:45:34 +0000

It humanizes the robot so it doesn’t strike to alien.
People need to see the human in things (look at how people describe their cats), and a robot that looks human is no different.

By: Bee

Bee — Tue, 19 Oct 2010 05:55:28 +0000

Am I the only one who finds it totally absurd to try and re-create something that nature has done already? I mean, seriously, what’s the point? What’s it have breasts for and why does it blink its eyes? What sense does this make?

By: Magoonski

Magoonski — Tue, 19 Oct 2010 01:20:41 +0000

I applaud the technology that went into making it but I won’t be impressed until they build a robot that REALLY looks like a human and is fully independent of needing a human surrogate to copy voice and movements from, until then I prefer them to look like fuzzy woodland creatures. The fake human look is just creep, it reminds me of ventriloquist dummies.