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Realistic Robot Designed For Dental Students

Posted by timothy on Tuesday July 5, 2011 @02:48AM from the real-doll-with-real-teeth dept.

Zothecula writes "Tokyo's Showa University has unveiled its latest robotic dental patient. The University engaged robotics company Tmsuk to manufacture the realistic bot which is designed to simulate a number of typical patient gestures and responses, allowing dental students to experience what it's like to work with a real patient."

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Re:Hmm, A realistic mouth on a robot. by EvilAlphonso · 2011-07-05 03:37 · Score: 3, Informative

No need to insert the joke, they actually borrowed some materials from the "sex doll" industry to manufacture said robot.
Re:Hmm, A realistic mouth on a robot. by Zocalo · 2011-07-05 03:37 · Score: 4, Informative

Um... This is a Real Doll. It's right there in the second paragraph of the article.

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