Geminoid
Tech Buzz Although it only falls at #7 on Cracked’s list of the Creepiest Real-Life Robots, we’re pretty convinced it does the job just fine. Professor Hiroshi Ishiguro of Osaka University hasn’t just built Geminoid to appear as his own doppelganger, but more so as a “slightly retarded younger brother.” And that does …absolutely nothing to put as at ease.
Source: cracked.com
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July 8, 2008
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