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Inventor Builds Robot Wife

Posted by samzenpus on from the you-lonely-lonely-man dept.

Inventor Le Trung must really like the book "The Stepford Wives," because he has built the dream of every lonely man without hope, a robot wife. Le's wife, Aiko, starts the day by reading him the newspaper headlines and they go for a drives in the countryside. Le says his relationship with Aiko hasn't strayed into the bedroom, but a few tweaks could turn her into a sexual partner, even redesigning her to have a simulated orgasm. *Shudder*

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  1. Re:Just when you thought japan couldn't get weirde by Xaoswolf · · Score: 2, Interesting

    I don't know if that makes it better or worse...

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  2. Re:Inspiration..Star Wars robot C3-PO? by LaskoVortex · · Score: 5, Interesting

    At least in Star Wars they did a better job of following the script. Watch her trace the glasses. She moves her head and then he follows with the glasses. She is ahead of him. Seems dubious to me.

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    Just callin' it like I see it.
  3. Fake by Wordplay · · Score: 4, Interesting

    A couple minutes from the end, he forgets the question briefly, stutters a little, and breaks his usual pace--and she answers the question anyway, even though he hasn't gotten it out yet.

    I'm 99% sure this is scripted. There's not much evidence here that she's anything more than a RealDoll Ruxpin. There's probably -some- computer control there, assuming it's not a remote-control Mechanical Turk, given that it responded to the "stop!" commands. The rest? I'll believe it when it's not just him asking the questions.

  4. Inventor's site by denzacar · · Score: 2, Interesting

    Is much more informative

    For example, you might have guessed that the guy was into anime but reading his resume you have absolute proof.
    He did 3 "how-to" books on the subject of drawing in manga style.

    * Le, Trung, Making the Impossible, Possible. Advance Female Android,

    ISBN 978-0-9689663-5-8

            * Le, Trung, How to Draw Anime for Beginner Vol 1, 2001, ISBN 0-9689663-0-6
            * Le, Trung, How to Draw Anime for Beginner Vol 2, 2002,ISBN 0-9689663-2-2
            * Le, Trung, How to Draw Anime Background, 2002, ISBN 0-9689663-3-0

            * Le, Trung, "Effect of Aspirins", York University, May 2003.

    Also...

    How Aiko was built

    I have been watching Robot anime, since I was a kid. After watching Chobits and DearS, I have made up my mind that I will make a full human android on August 15,2007. All it takes is inspiration...

    After many struggles, and exactly 1.5 months later I have finished Aiko version 1.0. On Novemeber 2,3,4 2007, Aiko made her first TV interview from Global news, and her first public apperance at the HobbyShow at Toronto International Center, and Ontario Science Center a week later. Aiko is bilingual, she can speak English and Japanese.

    I mean, you got go give it to the guy - he is quick.
    If he continues with this tempo he will have his army of robot maids built in no time.

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    Mit der Dummheit kämpfen Götter selbst vergebens
  5. Re:Its a fraud by Drakkenmensch · · Score: 2, Interesting

    Good point. If this robot is so perfected already AND has the potential to be a perfect sexbot, why is the adult entertainment industry not all over this one already, cranking out customized sexroids?

  6. Re:I forget the movie or documentary by hesiod · · Score: 2, Interesting

    They want to give plenty of attention to each child, so they tend to have 1-4 kids rather than 7-12.

    But unemployed morons on welfare have plenty of time to spend with their dozen children while they're not out looking for a job... or at the bar.

  7. Re:Two responses: by Darundal · · Score: 2, Interesting

    He only said it needed a software upgrade to be able to have an orgasm. I would be willing to bet that he already has the hardware there and has tested it. The guy already has the thing programmed to "slap" people who touch her inappropriately, and to never slap him because it would hurt him.

  8. Re:I forget the movie or documentary by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Interesting

    It is actually statistically true that more educated people tend to have fewer children and do so later in life. If there is a correlation between level of education and intelligence, then over time, the population's average intelligence decreases, as intelligence is evolutionarily selected against.

    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fertility_and_intelligence