Man builds "perfect woman" robot - women worldwide prepare for lives with eighteen cats.
An another note, even though a Vietnamese-Canadian built her, she has a Japanese name, wears Japanese clothes, and speaks Japanese. You just knew Japan had to be involved in this somehow.
http://www.thesun.co.uk/s...e/news/article2023392.ece
Fem-bot's my love machine
By STAFF REPORTER
A BOFFIN too busy to find real love has INVENTED his idea of the perfect woman - a female ROBOT.
Inventor Le Trung, 33, created Aiko, said to be "in her 20s" with a stunning 32, 23, 33 figure, shiny hair and delicate features.
She even remembers his favourite drink and does simple cleaning and household tasks.
"Fem-bot" Aiko, who has cost £14,000 to build so far, is a whizz at maths and even does Le's accounts.
Le, a scientific genius from Brampton in Ontario, Canada, said he never had time to find a real partner so he designed one using the latest technology.
He said he did not build Aiko as a sexual partner, but said she could be tweaked to become one.
"Her software could be redesigned to simulate her having an orgasm and reacting to touch as if she is playing hard to get or being straight to the point," he said.
The former software programmer has taken out credit cards and loans, sold his car and spent his life savings on perfecting the machine.
"I want to make her look, feel and act as human as possible so she can be the perfect companion," said Le.
The odd looking pair go out for drives together in the Canadian countryside, before sitting down at the dinner table, but Aiko never eats anything.
Le said: "So far she can understand and speak 13,000 different sentences in English and Japanese, so she's already fairly intelligent.
"When I need to do my accounts, Aiko does all the maths. She is very patient and never complains."
The fem-bot has a touch-sensitive face and body so she reacts if shown affection or hurt.
"Like a real female she will react to being touched in certain ways. If you grab or squeeze too hard she will try to slap you. She has all senses except for smell," he said.
Le, a child genius who was put in a class for talented youngsters, made his first robot when he was just eight years old.
He began work on Aiko two years ago in the home he shares with his brother.
But the stress of working on such a difficult project became too much for Le and he suffered a mild heart attack in November last year.
"It was shocking to have a heart attack at the age of 33," he admits. "But the doctors said I'd been doing too much.
"I may need to have Aiko look after me one day.
"She doesn't need holidays, food or rest and she will work almost 24-hours a day. She is the perfect woman," he said.
"People have mixed reactions when they meet Aiko," he said.
"They either love or hate her. Some people get angry and accuse me of playing God. Once someone threw a rock at Aiko. That really upset me.
"But many people are fascinated by her.
"Women are generally impressed and try to talk to her. But the men always want to touch her, and if they do it in the wrong way they get a slap.
I am now reminded of Lucy Liu Bot from Futurama.
That and the public service announcement on Robot Dating.
It reminds me most of Dorothy R...weiiiird! 😛
It will be just a matter of time that someone will build a robotic man robot and doom guys to a life of solitude.
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I CAN'T WAIT!
That and the public service announcement on Robot Dating.
AHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Chobits...
I have a friend who wanted to build one of these
Reminds me of my idea to create Hot Pocket flavored Hot Pockets. You can hardly taste the difference!
It's almost like a real version of that manga by CLAMP I read called Chobits... except the robot girl was a computer. :[
Still, this is weird.
Chobits...
I agree.
I saw this originally and thought Dorothy as well. But knowing the public of this world? Chobits is probably more appropriate reaction.
~Rico
is it me, or is she slightly cross-eyed? o-o
doesn't make me angry in the slightest, i just feel a bit sorry that he's putting all his hard work into just one project. still, a heart attack from working too hard on something like this? this guy is either very focused, or a bit crazy. (or both oo; )
as funny as this subject is. I think the project is a bit creative. Perfecting a machine to the point that it seems somewhat natural in build
the man still has a long ways to go though
Uncanny Valley has been entered.
I support this 100%. Reasons may be given later but right now I'm too gleeful at this news to really bother saying anything besides "POSSIBLE EPIC TRANSHUMANIST WIN."
I find it funny that he says he was too busy to go dating, yet he had the time to build the bot. It seems the bot took more time up then actually dating.
Dating would have taken infinitely more effort, though.
I suppose that's true to an extent, meh.
Psxphile wrote:
I don't think you two watched this did you...?
Fembot looks like she's trippin' some MAD balls.
Small Wonder x_x O hellz no