Comments on: Video: Japan’s baby robot

By: IrishEyes

IrishEyes — Tue, 05 Jun 2007 23:34:31 +0000

If we start using them as workers, will liberals form a robot worker special interest group and demand that they get 2 weeks of sick leave a year? Verbal Abuse on June 5, 2007 at 3:57 PM

Rights for robots? They have already started talking about it. But wondering about possible legal rights for robots isn't new - Data would be pleased.

By: INC

INC — Tue, 05 Jun 2007 23:27:20 +0000

Michelin man meets Pillsbury dough boy

abinitioadinfinitum on June 5, 2007 at 3:15 PM

What an apt description! :-)

OH NOES!

Giant robotic Baby Rampage!!!!!!

…There Goes Tokyo.

-Wasteland Man.

That immediately brought to mind old Calvin & Hobbes cartoons in which Calvin is delightedly making little sandbox cities that are at the edge of imminent destruction.

By: WastelandMan

WastelandMan — Tue, 05 Jun 2007 22:08:15 +0000

OH NOES!

Giant robotic Baby Rampage!!!!!!

…There Goes Tokyo.

-Wasteland Man.

By: Capitalist Infidel

Capitalist Infidel — Tue, 05 Jun 2007 20:55:09 +0000

disturbing? creepy? Hardly, in fact it’s quite boring. I’ve seen 10 times more “creepy” and “disturbing” in some of the special effects in movies.

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Tue, 05 Jun 2007 20:25:40 +0000

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By: doriangrey

doriangrey — Tue, 05 Jun 2007 20:25:37 +0000

Verbal Abuse,

If we start using them as workers, will liberals form a robot worker special interest group and demand that they get 2 weeks of sick leave a year?

Um, no..the liberals are looking for a new slave race, since human looking robots ( Androids ) aren’t really available yet they are settling for Mexicans/illegal immigrants. But you can bet that just as soon as the Androids are readily available and cheap the Mexicans/illegal immigrants will be demanding it.

Not to mention 2 weeks vacation, 401k’s and a limit on how many may enter the work force each year…..

By: Verbal Abuse

Verbal Abuse — Tue, 05 Jun 2007 19:57:47 +0000

If we start using them as workers, will liberals form a robot worker special interest group and demand that they get 2 weeks of sick leave a year?

By: stevezilla

stevezilla — Tue, 05 Jun 2007 19:48:37 +0000

now i’m gonna have nightmares.
just think of that thing with a knife in it’s claw.
*shudder*

By: pedestrian

pedestrian — Tue, 05 Jun 2007 19:43:58 +0000

I was hoping they would pull back the skin on its face to reveal the metal skeleton and red LED eyes.

By: allie

allie — Tue, 05 Jun 2007 19:24:03 +0000

Robot baby gives the impression of being boh mentally and physically disabled in comparison to the Japanese female androids. It only says ‘eh eh’, has malformed hands and seems oversized to be a baby.

By: James

James — Tue, 05 Jun 2007 19:23:24 +0000

They watch too much Anime over there or what?

j_ehman on June 5, 2007 at 3:03 PM

Another thought occurred to me…they had to make it that big to fit all the tentacles inside.

By: heatherrc77

heatherrc77 — Tue, 05 Jun 2007 19:22:22 +0000

and learn how to speak ~~Japanese~~ ~~English~~ ah, heck..let him keep speaking Spanish

By: heatherrc77

heatherrc77 — Tue, 05 Jun 2007 19:19:22 +0000

Will the robot have to pay back taxes?

tomas on June 5, 2007 at 3:17 PM

Yes, and apply for a Z Visa

By: tomas

tomas — Tue, 05 Jun 2007 19:17:03 +0000

Will the robot have to pay back taxes?

By: abinitioadinfinitum

abinitioadinfinitum — Tue, 05 Jun 2007 19:15:27 +0000

Michelin man meets Pillsbury dough boy

By: Schweggie

Schweggie — Tue, 05 Jun 2007 19:15:03 +0000

Now can they just please get on to making the Inoue Waka model? Ogle it. errrr, google it.

By: James

James — Tue, 05 Jun 2007 19:06:05 +0000

I thought when you said baby, that it would actually be the size of a baby… no one wants a giant baby robot…. why do they keep coming up with the most useless products in Japan? They watch too much Anime over there or what?

j_ehman on June 5, 2007 at 3:03 PM

I think they just got tired of making everything smaller and cheaper. This is how they decided to splurge.

By: j_ehman

j_ehman — Tue, 05 Jun 2007 19:03:21 +0000

I thought when you said baby, that it would actually be the size of a baby… no one wants a giant baby robot…. why do they keep coming up with the most useless products in Japan? They watch too much Anime over there or what?

By: amerpundit

amerpundit — Tue, 05 Jun 2007 19:03:07 +0000

The Apologist on June 5, 2007 at 2:38 PM

Hmm. Roaming WiFi. That could be cool.

By: James

James — Tue, 05 Jun 2007 18:56:55 +0000

You really should see someone about this robot fetish.

RedWinged Blackbird on June 5, 2007 at 2:49 PM

iFreud?

What’s the killer app on this thing? Will it play mp3 files? Roaming wifi? When Vista freezes up does it cry?

The Apologist on June 5, 2007 at 2:38 PM

Sometimes a giant robotic baby is just a giant robotic baby.

By: INC

INC — Tue, 05 Jun 2007 18:56:50 +0000

It is creepy.

It’s a real contrast when you think of how small babies and the young of animal species are endearingly appealing. Think of Knut, who we know will grow up to be more and more irascible.

We can try to reweave the Creator’s beautiful tapestry of life, but we end up with a travesty instead.

By: RedWinged Blackbird

RedWinged Blackbird — Tue, 05 Jun 2007 18:49:36 +0000

You really should see someone about this robot fetish.

By: The Apologist

The Apologist — Tue, 05 Jun 2007 18:38:50 +0000

iProgeny?

What’s the killer app on this thing? Will it play mp3 files? Roaming wifi? When Vista freezes up does it cry?

By: heatherrc77

heatherrc77 — Tue, 05 Jun 2007 18:32:46 +0000

Creepy is the only word to describe this….creepy, creepy, creepy. It gives me the heebie-jeebies

By: amerpundit

amerpundit — Tue, 05 Jun 2007 18:23:21 +0000

Guess what. It’s still creepy. It looks like an iRobot baby.