Video: Japanese set new world record in robot freaky deakiness
posted at 11:58 am on April 3, 2008 by Allahpundit
“Freaky deakier than even Decapitated Moon-bot, AP?” See for yourself. The freakiest thing about this is how gratuitously hyper-lifelike it is for the task at hand. You’d get the same training skills from a bare-bones mannequin head wired to something that beeps when you hit a “nerve”; instead they’ve built a bona fide fembot, replete with facial expressions, language, and sensitivity to touch. This particular company, Kokoro, seems to have a thing for robots in female form, in fact. Hmmm.
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lorien1973 on April 3, 2008 at 12:01 PM
I don’t speak Japanese. Does this satisfy the “I want to be a dentist for a cross-eyed girl” fetish for Japanese men?
p40tiger on April 3, 2008 at 12:02 PM
I feel ya Mrs Robot! I got a root canal next wednsday.
Drtuddle on April 3, 2008 at 12:04 PM
Not at all like a human.
Shy Guy on April 3, 2008 at 12:08 PM
Just like a women! Can’t keep her mouth shut!!!!
OH!!! THAT’S GONNA GET ME KILLED!
Dread Pirate Roberts VI on April 3, 2008 at 12:08 PM
That was freaky. I dont know a thing they said, but I have a feeling it was actually to help dentist to workbetter with their patients.
On a side note, I could of sworn I seen the patient smile, and look at its dentist in a admirable way, almost an infatuation way.
Maybe this was for training on avoiding be hit on by patients.
WoosterOh on April 3, 2008 at 12:09 PM
Read my sick and twisted mind……….
Seven Percent Solution on April 3, 2008 at 12:12 PM
Next up will be robo child-labor.
moonsbreath on April 3, 2008 at 12:14 PM
The audio was worse than the robot.
NeoconNews.com on April 3, 2008 at 12:14 PM
But……….. Is it safe?
Seven Percent Solution on April 3, 2008 at 12:14 PM
Here’s a funny and creepy video from Perez Hilton’s website.
Content warning, it’s a parody off of Sarah Silverman/Matt vs. Jimmy Kimmel/Ben Affeck
It involves Hillary and Obama
http://perezhilton.com/2008-04-02-shes-fuing-obama
Lance Murdock on April 3, 2008 at 12:16 PM
I’m sorry, but this is why the Japanese scare me.
TheBlueSite on April 3, 2008 at 12:20 PM
Its sad
Japan thinks it can solve its massive population problem with robots, not immigration.
this country is great(japan – I live here now) but we americans seem to have been blessed with common sense.
I really hate the left for its anti americanism the most….
Good night hot air…..
tottoritodd on April 3, 2008 at 12:25 PM
omg
trailortrash on April 3, 2008 at 12:28 PM
Is it available for bachelor parties?
I mean… just in case some drunken dentistry breaks out.
Hollowpoint on April 3, 2008 at 12:29 PM
A Dentist chair?
Is this guy thinking finally and no Cops.
Speakup on April 3, 2008 at 12:32 PM
They always forget the cackle-track. *sigh*
RushBaby on April 3, 2008 at 12:33 PM
I remember Mad Magazine’s parody of the movie back then. The last illustration depicted Dustin Hoffman, rescued, smiling, with braces on his teeth, exclaiming something like “at least he fixed my overbite”.
(What a waste of memory!)
Shy Guy on April 3, 2008 at 12:34 PM
I was wondering why the mouth is open so wide, then i thought that Billy Jeff may have had ‘a hand’ in the design…
Christine on April 3, 2008 at 12:34 PM
I guess this means that inflatable dolls are history. The end of an era. I want a refund!
Travis1 on April 3, 2008 at 12:37 PM
I missed the end. Did it swallow or spit?
Aren’t there less fortunate people in Japan that could benefit from some free dental care by dentists-in-training? Why do they need to keep creating creepy robots to replace humans? Hey wait! That’s what they are up to!! If the eye shape changes from almond to round, we are in big trouble. First they try to take over our car industry and next it will be US!!!
ej_pez on April 3, 2008 at 12:39 PM
do you watch ninja warrior? everyone in japan has bad teeth, apparently.
lorien1973 on April 3, 2008 at 12:43 PM
So…who here would drill her?
sorry…
tlynch001 on April 3, 2008 at 12:43 PM
My idea of Hell is an eternity in the dentist’s chair. Now imagine that with 20 different students jamming sharp devices into your mouth every day.
FREE THE SLAVES OF THE DENTISTS!
Clark1 on April 3, 2008 at 1:11 PM
Dudes, you know somebody, somewhere is working on the sex robot. You know it.
Virus-X on April 3, 2008 at 1:17 PM
Oh god I hope so!!!
Claypigeon on April 3, 2008 at 1:32 PM
There’s a strange phenomenon on hot air.
article about budweiser = “Budweiser sucks”
article about Madonna = “Madonna sucks” (no pun)
article about Australians who turn off their lights for a hour = “Australians who turn off their lights for an hour suck!”
etc etc
tlynch001 on April 3, 2008 at 1:36 PM
oh crap, wrong thread.
tlynch001 on April 3, 2008 at 1:37 PM
Guys, don’t you watch anime? This is Japan’s newest superweapon.
All the greatest killer androids were in the form of beautiful 16 year old girls with long blue hair, you know, in order to strike fear in the hearts of ones enemies.
Either they want to take over the Eastern Pacific again, or there’s an alien invasion coming that we don’t know about yet.
Techie on April 3, 2008 at 1:49 PM
ill take 12 please…
and plan to recreate this posts mainpage picture in many creative ways.
Drunk Report on April 3, 2008 at 1:55 PM
If you don’t know what’s going on, this robot in particular is being used to train dentists. There are sensors in her mouth and other places in the body that another doctor at that computer you saw reads and if something spikes, the doctor presses a button and causes a reaction.
At the end, the guy explains why they make female robots. He says that women have more delicate sensibilities and proceeds to explain that they’ve gone so far as to put sensors in the breasts to make sure the dentist is aware of what he’s doing. If it’s a man, you can lean on his chest and it won’t hurt, but a woman would be uncomfortable.
amkun on April 3, 2008 at 2:02 PM
I just pray to God they don’t come up with one of these things to train gynaecologists.
Blaise on April 3, 2008 at 2:42 PM
I’d tap that bot.
Alden Pyle on April 3, 2008 at 3:08 PM
“Why a woman?” asks the narrator.
“Because it has delicate sensations of a woman. For example, it has sensors in the breasts.”
The dentist ends this statement at 2:43 looking at the doll and the doll appears to be creepily looking back at him out of the corner of her eye.
Very disturbing. Add captions at your own risk.
Girder on April 3, 2008 at 3:39 PM
I’d tap that bot.
Alden Pyle on April 3, 2008 at 3:08 PM
Yeah, but cleaning up would be a pain (unless it has some self cleaning feature)
gzelmiami on April 3, 2008 at 3:41 PM
As a non-horny male (i.e. woman), I think this is a great method for teaching dentists their craft. It helps to be realistic because that will make a mistake give the right kind of feedback and guilt.
“D’oh! I hurt the cute girl! Gosai-mas!”
I don’t see it as perverse. I see it as effective and a bit creepy.
Viscount_Bolingbroke on April 3, 2008 at 3:56 PM
Using other dental students is less expensive.
DrSteve on April 3, 2008 at 7:01 PM
Leave it to a bunch of male scientists to create a teenage girl. (I’d tap it too)
budorob on April 3, 2008 at 7:45 PM
they’ll be tapping the frustrated-lonely-japanese man market any day now. it’s huge, trust me.
kokoro stock splitting in 5,4,3,2….
homesickamerican on April 4, 2008 at 12:40 AM
Working on? I hate to be the one to break it to you, but it’s already been done.
Cylor on April 4, 2008 at 4:16 AM