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Robots that Lust and Reproduce

Posted by samzenpus on from the sweet-robot-loving dept.

redcone writes "The Guardian unlimited is reporting that Korean roboticist Kim Jong-Hwan, who founded the robot football (soccer) World Cup, and is the director of the ITRC-Intelligent Robot Research Centre, has developed a series of artificial chromosomes that, he says, will allow robots to feel lusty, and could eventually lead to them reproducing."

6 of 330 comments (clear)

  1. Cassanova Dishwasher by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    Great, now I have to watch out for my dishwasher humping my leg.

  2. Great... by True+Freak · · Score: 5, Funny

    Horny Terminators.

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  3. Thus starts.... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    ... The Rise of the Machines!

    uh, no pun intended.

  4. pretty cruel by mitchskin · · Score: 5, Funny

    The summary says it will make them feel lusty, but that reproduction is in the future. How cruel is it to make them want to reproduce without being able to?

    Not that I've ever been in their position, of course. Ahem.

    1. Re:pretty cruel by xstonedogx · · Score: 5, Funny

      How cruel is it to make them want to reproduce without being able to?

      Boy are you in the right place.

  5. Code for the male robot by JFMulder · · Score: 5, Funny

    int main() {
    while( 1 ) {
    lust();
    }
    return -1; // We should not get here, return an error code.
    }