Kokoro, a Sanrio Group company specializing in the design and manufacture of robots, unveiled its new Actroid DER2 feminine guide robot at Sanrio headquarters in Tokyo on October 4.
Actroid DER2 is an upgraded version of Kokoro's previous fembot, Actroid DER, who has made quite a name for herself by providing services at a number of events, including the 2005 World Expo. Compared to the previous model, DER2 has thinner arms and a wider repertoire of expressions. The smoothness of her movement has also been improved, making it now even more likely for the uninitiated to confuse her with an actual human being.
Actroid's limbs, torso and facial expressions are controlled by a system of actuators powered by pneumatic pressure. Once programmed, she is able to choreograph her motions and gestures with her voice.
Kokoro intends to rent Actroid DER2 to companies and events. The basic rental fee is expected to be 400,000 yen (US$3,500) for 5 days, plus extra fees for technical support, delivery and choreography changes. For those who can't cope with a sayonara after 5 days, there is a late fee of 80,000 yen per day.
[Source: Fuji Sankei]
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UPDATE - Oct 7, 2006: Video via Robot Watch.
Jumbotron
Is there a dry cleaning charge as well?
[]Zwack
Ummm... Isn't it cheaper just to rent an actress to pretend to be a robot?
Z.
[]SK
For that kind of money, you can get top-of-the-range biological fuckpuppets...
[]High-C
I'd hit it...
[]Livwest
I'd Tag it
[]jen
this is very sad, and disturbing. why not appreciate REAL LIVE females? there are more of them out there than men, even.
ooooh wait, that means she would have a mind of her own. oh, i had forgotten! how silly of me.
[]J
Jen, maybe because robots don't bitch and moan about every little thing they disagree with?
[]Zarnon
LMAO
[]Doomer
But what if I wanted one only for hugging and sex and since all women hates me because I cannot pronounce the sssss and shhhhh sound normally ? I'm supposed to stay alone forever ?
[]Firobug
Um maybe because you woman have all been pampered spioled little rats that are too full of yourselves to care about men... 99% of woman will act as though they are offended if a man so much as appreciated their figure and that includes the 1% of woman who bother keeping up an apreciatable figure past age 25. Not even getting into the other complexities associated with a woman...no when all a man wants in the female as a whole is to gratify his own pleasure a machine is much better in all ways... Maybe back in ancient times where women were obligated to show respect it was different but today there is none and woman think they rule the world so this is our answer as men. I don't need you just a toy... You don't matter unless I want to make a baby.
[]gail
It might help non-Japanese speakers to know that Kokoro means heart.
[]Lisa Williamson
For 3x that money, you could OWN a top-of-the-range biological fuckpuppet.
[]master
Earth to morons. Come in morons. She's a GUIDE. So she would be used for things like museum tours. She not a sex toy. *shakes head*
[]John Q. Public
Babe-age good. Me get electricuted though... Oops.
Bot Babe-age shock twinkies off. That bad.
But she have 'heart' - that good.
Oh me confused.
[]Harry P. Ness
She looks hot. Hot.
[]Authorized User
It's not cheating on your wife if you fuck a fembot! :P
[]The Chisa
Sounds to me like jen has silicone envy.
[]Katherine
Wahhh??? A fem robot???O.O Well I don't see the harm in it I suppose. If guys pay more attention to fem bots then woo-hoo they'll leave all the real girls to me!! Mwhahaha.....> Seriously I'm not eh I agree with Harry. She does look hot.:D Yeahhhhhhhhhhh
[]Katherine
Yeah so what I'm commenting twice! Sue meh! Oi,oi it cut some words out!! Geez what a comp! Well whatever I'm not a lesbian if any of you are wondering. Hehe fuck puppets. That's why you have friends with privlages. XD
[]Bond, James
She has disturbingly large hands...
[]zoo
those are man hands for sure - did anybody chseck for a pronounced adam's apple? or is this a mas-to-fembot?
[]Camilo
Friends with priviliges, now she knows what she's talking about....
[]as to museum tours, F$%* that, all this bot is good for is for being in an information booth as in when people actually feel like robots telling everyother person that the bathrooms are located down the escalator to the left.....
I hate when you try calling a company and a fembot answers.... those menu's are long as hell, what happened to human interaction... I guess those computers are made by the same people with fuck puppets.
Happy Phantom
In her off time I bet the programmers and engineers have her lying on her back on the carpet moaning and groaning and thrashing her head back and forth orgasmically between blurts of "Oh, oh, ohhhh, ooooooh, yes. YESSSS!" while she is pawing at her groin and breasts.
[]Foon
I am interested in your views, Mr. Phantom, and wish to subscribe to your newsletter.
That's beside the point. Fembots could revolutionize the way we play video games...Love simulators, mostly, but who doesn't want to fuck a doll? I dare you to say that you don't want to fuck a robot. Eh? Eh? No takers. Fine, I'll go engineer myself my own damn fuckbot...But, that gets me thinking. If you have to pay for technical support for a robot, what if she has some sort of Memory read error? Does she have a green screen implanted in her ass?
[]Maf54
Does it make you a little horny?
[]Teen
A little.
[]Maf54
Cool.
[]Dan Warne
That is super-cool.
I have to question their use of the phrase "she is robot WORKING GIRL" on the promotional poster though, heh heh!!
http://www.kokoro-dreams.co.jp/english/robot/act/gallery.html
They may get rented Fembots returned in an ... unsavoury state.
[]A.NAV
She is cool,there are so many widowed,divorced,disabiled lonely people I hope you can make a affordable safe one.
[]chewy
I can't wait to have sex with her. My toaster barely turns me on anymore.
[]john
at least you could bareback her without worrying about STDs or pregancy!
[]MoltonSlushbox
I can't understand a word she is saying. Awesome!
[]johnny gonzales
she is hot reALLY HOT
[]Bobaganush
John... Pregnancy is an std.... The worst one....
[]AvyTech
I wanna take her home and play happy games.
[]zen wizard
My dream woman!
(Well, except for the $700 per day part...)
[]Mike Abundo
You know what I'd like to see in a fuckbot? The AI to learn my tastes and surprise me in bed, and an automatic update feature to learn new surprises.
Then, we really won't need women. ;)
[]Aaron
i believe if people spend money into the interest of this doll, the price will dramatically decrease and it will be affordable.
[]johndavidfeldman
can you fuchhher?
[]GABRIEL ALFARO S.
ELLA ES UNA MARAVILLA DE LA INTELIGENCIA HUMANA....
[]madartist
I think it's about time to build a true robot, and one as close to human as we can. I think a walking and talking robot, that looks human would a giant step forward. Do not think about others, who would be more happy in the middle ages. I wish you well. I hope your creation become everything she can be!
[]M Shin
Me gusto mucho!!! (Spanish)
[]=(^_^)=
Miss U.S.A
this is mean she isnt a toy she is a robot so stop being A BUNCH OF GROSE PERVY OLD MEN AND GET A LIFE AND STOP THINKING ABOUT A ROBOT IN BED WITH YOU >:(((( BECAUSE SHE ISNT YOURS have a good day
[]ray ray
its not a sex toy it is a robot that give people tour of things not to have a hand in your pants when u want some
[]Daisy
Stupid perverted males.. one day all males that are perverted are going to get it >:D...
[]1337 Ninj4
D8 THE ZOMBIES ARE COMING!
Seriously, this freaks me out....If they make fembots that will just keep getting better and better, eventually they will be better than regular women and there will be no need for us anymore, and to keep the population alive, they will probably clone the women and men....
[]Buckler
Nice, but not convincing. If they wanted to do a much better job, they could have stabilized the thing better to prevent the bobbing and bouncing of the torso. If they had, I think it would have been fantastic. Still, very well done.
[]cw
far less impressive as a bot than as a super-realistic sculpture...
[]robo girl
Can she walk? does she repond to voice command?
[]just wondering she's really cool i'm fastenated with her she absoulty amazing
Amelia
I'm sick of all you horny dogs and your stupid comments. No one thinks you're macho by saying you'd do the robot, its just like saying you'd do a robosapien. But I guess the only men that have commented so far have never actually had sex with anything other than inanimate objects so none of you would know any better.
[]KentB6
You girls are only against this because they haven't come out with a proper "manbot" yet, complete with all the vibrating "attachments."
[]KentB6
Another thing: I sure wish someone would come up with good aritificial muscles: some sort of material that would contract and expand with an electic charge or laser impulse, for example. That would eliminate the necessity of pneumatics, actuators, etc. and make for much more realistic movements and textures. It would need to have very efficient and accurate power/response to emulate the strength, speed and subtlety of actual muscle. It would also need to be able to function at the range of scales found in real muscles to make realistic facial expressions, hand movements, etc.
[]Vitalij
Quite a fit bot!!
As for shagging it. Well, obviously this is just a guide bot.
However, as the Internet has shown, sex is a good driver of innovation, so don't be surprised when the first HIV and clap free, all orifices open, all positions without cramp and swallowing with no debate, fully functioning shag-bot appears. That it looks Japanese is definitely a plus.
"Me luv you long time.....ten dollar...."
[]KiiruSmile
Go, Jen! I agree with Jen.
[]I Hate Hello Kitty
Let\\\'s rid the world of Hello Kitty by supporting http://www.goodbyekitty.net instead.
[]I WANT IT
i want it so bad, even if you couldnt actually fuck it, u could have it do dirty things to you
[]Kae-chan
People, wake up. shes not going to be used for porn of a fuckpuppet. shes going to work in places like book stores or a guide or movie theater ticket sellers. *sighs*
[]Kae-chan
oh and robo girl, she cant walk yet. shes too heavy for her own legs. but im sure they will soon make her legs strong enough so she can walk, and yes I also think shes amazing :3
[]konoha pirate
Alrighty then.
To those offended by my male compatriots. Please accept that there are those who do not share your views, be disgusted as is your right, but please moderate that disgust with the knowledge that this is not the general male viewpoint.
To those tech heads like myself, consider the implications for prosthesis work created by this "fembot". Smooth articulated motion in a human-seeming limb would answer the prayers of so many amputees as to be nearly a miracle. The person who converts this technology to general use will be a very rich little monkey.
So lets pray some little perv makes this lifetech a reality for his "fuckpuppet" and some genious makes it work for the tragically maimed.
[]Friends Of Liberty
Why are so many men so willing to bang a machine--a collection of metal rods, plastic covers and silicon and germanium electrical components--when there are so many real warm flesh and blood women out there? What's so erotic about steel? What's so arousing about plastic? Is it the outer latex and rubber covering that tittilates? Yeah, I know. I'm a real joy-kill when I break her down into her individual components. I know it's the illusion of a real female that hardens your nether-regions, but my point is this: It is neither female, nor human! Get a life, guys!
[]PaulK1987
lol, do you seriously not get why they are interested in it? Its pretty obvious! They have no confidence and no success with women at all and have never been laid. This is the closest thing they can get to shagging a hot women.
Oh, and as for the comments that it will never be made into a sex toy. thats bull shit! It blatently will be, the porn industry is huge. Someone will make it when the tech is readily available. You can count on that!!!
[]Bekki
Why are so many men so willing to bang women– collections of rigid tubes of calcium, magnesium and phosphate ions, of fibrous contractile tissue, coated in layers of epithelial tissue both dead and dying, –when there are so many clean, sterile, everlasting machines? What’s so erotic about slowly decaying organic matter? What’s so arousing about the chemical/electric reactions we call thought? Is it the knowledge that one day both he and she will stop breathing, turn cold, and die that titillates? Yeah, I know. I’m a real joy-kill when I break human beings down into their individual components. I know it’s the illusion of a partner that will stay young and beautiful forever, that will never break down, grow sick and old, that will remain constant as long as you can fix them that hardens your nether-regions, but my point is this: The whole point of love is that you both know it will end in tears eventually, but you feel like you will live forever!
/yes I agree with you, Friends
[]//just feel like rambling
Rockheart
...Ok imagine they develop a Male 12" version, that thought is a real joy-killer !! (for he Male readers) ....and there goes the air of it....
[]RL
What can I say? To his his own, however, consider this...
What happens to 50+% of marriages out there?
How many h.s./college romances last forever, as the 'Love Story' movies say? Is the concept of a soulmate more or less a biochemical illusion?
You see folks, the vast majority of real adults are either divorced, widowed, or stay together for the kids a/o public perception of a happy household. I would even say that the so-called once perfect couple, portrayed in "Greg and Dharma", are really a henpecked attorney and a free wheeling hippie. All and all, like everything else, once the kids turn 14-16, most marriages are already on the rocks.
Do some make it *work*? Sure, and for those individuals that's great but for the rest of society, who's struggling with alimony, housing payments, along with decreasing economic opportunities with age discrimination, offshoring, etc, perhaps a robot companion vis-a-vis lover wouldn't be such a monstrosity? And really, the Terminator stuff is kinda out there. Ok, we're still centuries away from anything that can evolve into a self-aware Frankenstein-like creature. These bots will follow rules based programs which will fool a vast number of people who're not aware of adaptive programming technologies but really, it's more about a customized user interface than anything else.
[]uhuhhhhhh
////Why are so many men so willing to bang a machine–a collection of metal rods, plastic covers and silicon and germanium electrical components–when there are so many real warm flesh and blood women out there?////
[]BEcause...with the robot, men can have the young child like women their lil darwinian evolution stoked minds are programmed to desire.
There may be many real women out there, ones who dont insist on tall, good looking handsome guys...oh are there such ladies? Women too are driven by internal mental programming. So we got ugly short guys whos only options in the dating pool are women THEY find un-attractive. Or other guys who dont do well with women for whatever reason. so two unattractive people now having un attractive children. Break the chain of unattractiveness by providing these robots and thus prevent the unattractive genes from spreading >_
PaulK1987
lol, i like your logic! Makes sence as well. Keep the desperate people happy!
[]Kaitlin
If it was a male robot, no one would have thought it was intended for sexual purposes.
Ah, Male privilege.
[]MGD
would the women be complaining about Gigalo Joe no they would me saying "More!, More!, More!, Dammit, More!"
The use of advanced version of this technology for sexual relation is not weird after all how mony women out their have vibrators and dildos.
A male version would not be assumed to be a "Gigalo Joe" but more of a kill bot. Once someone invents a new power source (and becomes super rich) along with more advanced materials technology. The army will be more intrested in uding these to hunt and kill people. Why have some slacker guarding a Top security facility when you can have robots that look human who will have no problem obeying the kill order. Similiar more primitive devices are already in use in Indonisia and are armed.
A much more "acceptable" use for such technology would be in replacement body parts for soldiers who have been wounded in wars. Have you seen the low level of such tech. A lot of people are still using hooks! and basic muscle controls. The robot parts and a suitable powersource would allow these people to be completly a Part of society with parts that look real to the touch. Rather that having to put up with parts that mark thenm out as different from the rest of the world.
[]gotenk
YESSSSSSSS!!!! Women will soon be eradicated from the face of the earth , and this is how we will replace them , soon babies will be grown in laboratories , and this fembot will cook for us ,take care of babies, bring us beer . and let us f**k them whenever we want . All the moneys i spend dating women to have sex are going to be much better invested.And another thing , ONLY MEN are inventing things so you women , don't think you can stop this.
[]Rob
I'm not claiming to be above all this, the idea sure as hell is more appealing than having a wank.
Women wont loose anything if these "sexbots" people are talking about were invented. It'd just provide a nice little sinkhole for the assholes who think women are only for fucking.
In fact more than likely people with such narrow views wont have a child with which to perpetuate their legacy. EVERYONE WINS :)
[]huhu..
id sure like to fuck one of those. much better then women imo since women are too selfish.
[]Subedei
But women are not interested in tall, intelligent, handsome guys - they are interested in illiterate, dangerous thugs with low IQs. Any Man-Bot for women would have to be a Thug-Bot.
Just a thought.
[]H
I would want her with me in my bed.
[]H
Joking, she would be perfect to make ex-girlfriends jealous
[]Ed
To the person who'd lambasted today's marriages, I sadly agree. In fact, the Academy award winning movie, "American Beauty", was in a way all about that. People were acting like pre-programmed robots and only the artistic misfit, was a real person. The daughter, Thorn Birch, only became *real* upon dating him then in hanging out with the popular gals in h.s. who'd labeled him a psychotic.
I say, let's move forward with the interactive technologies. Who knew that in a single year that "Guitar Hero" was going to change the way video games were going to be played. It's now truly an interactive platform for self-expression and freedom. Likewise, the Fembot revolution will also change the nature of relationships; people may only hookup to make children but really enjoy the thrill of living out their dreams with a fembot. Now, cross that with busy work schedules and a hectic modern life and Fembot is the only way to go. Marriages will fall by the wayside.
[]AceKiller0414
I hope they can make something like the Androids in the Anime "Chobits"
[]Joan Valencio
I don't think women are going to loose anything to the fembots. The men who are actually in a relationships won't target towards fembots. In the other hand there are many millions of lonely guys, who don't have any sexual outlets and are not by some reason popular with the opposite gender. These people could benefit from fembots.
Its like no women are looking at me, so ther are not loosing me to a fembot.
Regarding malebots, I do not have any jelousy towards these. It would be great if lonely women could finally feel less lonely and get what they are missing all these years.
Everyone wins.
[]?????
I am going to convert my garage into a love nest, so when my wife's not in the mood I can go down and bang my fembot's brains out instead. Sure she'll be okay with that, afterall, I'm not cheating am I?
[]BrotherHarmon
Skynet!
Terminator!
This is so cool, but in my lifetime these things are gonna kill us all. :|
[]carnage
can u **** it?
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hi i have a question and an idea to make her even more human like. It might not work but if you download a library of compassionate words into her data base with their meanings she will interpret those words by accessing the data base, and put action to them she will emulate them, then teach her aggression by experiance of observation explaining the action that is going on say a fist fight, and what a punch is also she will begin to display a defence stance to protect her self, and those around her out of commpassion the question is who do i contact about this??
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