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Woman or Machine? New Robots Look Creepily Human

Posted June 24, 2014 7:19 PM

From USATODAY - Tech Top Stories:

The new robot guides at a Tokyo museum look so eerily human and speak so smoothly they almost outdo people - almost.         

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06/25/2014 1:01 AM

Maybe it depends on where you look.

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06/25/2014 9:48 AM

Two two two girls in one.....

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06/26/2014 10:02 AM

With all due respect, Solar, that post should have been self-marked as Off-Topic for the image that could be mistaken as NSFW at first glance.

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06/25/2014 1:51 PM

With all due respect to the Wrigley Company, "...Double you trouble, halve your fun..."

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06/30/2014 4:34 AM

Ijon_Tichy would have had to say a word on this. I am sure she needs to do the laundry first before looking like a woman.

Silly twist of technology advancement.

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