Japanese Build Pocket Robot-Cellphone Hybrid

Posted by Unknown on Friday March 4, 2011 @05:20AM from the making-calls-creepier dept.

An anonymous reader writes "Japanese researchers unveiled yesterday a pocket-size telepresence robot called Elfoid. The device, which looks like a little ghost, transmits voice and motion over a 3G network to convey a person's 'presence' to a remote location. It's a creation of Hiroshi Ishiguro, a professor at Osaka University who is known for his lifelike teleoperated androids. The Elfoid has a limited range of motion, but its creators are planning to equip it with mini-actuators so it can imitate the movements of the person on the other end of the line. With vaguely formed features, the device is designed to be a surrogate of people of any age or gender."

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Re:Too Creepy by ArhcAngel · 2011-03-04 05:38 · Score: 3, Insightful

But wouldn't you like to be able to hear your victim scream as you stick pins in this?

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Re:Too Creepy by trollertron3000 · 2011-03-04 05:44 · Score: 3, Insightful

Agreed. Burn it. Burn it with fire.
FREAKS!

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Re:Something odd by MikeDaSpike · 2011-03-04 05:58 · Score: 3, Insightful

If you go over at sankaku complex (NSFW site) they once in a while post survey results (mostly from 2chan) and the majority of it shows that most japanese girls despise otaku (nerds). Also, for some reason japanese culture thinks that moaning as if you're being raped is the standard while having sex. That might be bad or good, depends on your preferences...