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MIT Scientists Create Robotic Sea Life

Posted by chrisd on from the robot-nigiri-please dept.

Junior Barns writes "This article on the BBC News site reports on the development of a robot that imitates primitive life forms. This project led by researchers from the robotic life group at the MIT media lab is intended to study how people will try to interact with and relate to an "alien" creature that seems organic but is not anthropomorphic. Let's just hope no one tries to kill and eat it."

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  1. You may stop the research, results are here. by jukal · · Score: 2, Funny
    " intended to study how people will try to interact with and relate to an 'alien' creature that seems organic but is not anthropomorphic"

    Based on a empirical research conducted amongst 42^42 volunteering /. readers an average humanoid reacts by first looking up some words from the thesaurus continued with anthropomorphous expressions like *pause* *sigh* and *Huh!*