Comments on: Simroid: Dentistry in the uncanny valley (video)

By: The Boudoir

The Boudoir — Sun, 04 Oct 2009 07:23:46 +0000

This looks like something my less salubrious competition would sell as a bedroom accessory for guys!

By: Beaverton Cosmetic Dentistry

Beaverton Cosmetic Dentistry — Sat, 08 Aug 2009 05:28:29 +0000

Wow that robot is amazingly realistic

By: mental_floss Blog » November 29, 2007

mental_floss Blog » November 29, 2007 — Mon, 22 Jun 2009 03:36:30 +0000

[...] creepily lifelike robotic dental patient will tell you when it hurts. She could soon be the scariest part of a dental student�s [...]

By: Mike Cannon » New Product Alert 5!!

Mike Cannon » *New Product Alert 5!!* — Thu, 18 Dec 2008 20:14:00 +0000

[...] folks, I’d like to introduce you to Simroid. “Simroid, a robotic dental patient with an eerily realistic appearance, has been spotted at the 2007 [...]

By: Simro�d : le robot qui a mal aux dents. - Gizmodo - Tant d'amour pour ces fabuleux nouveaux gadgets, c'est surnaturel.

Thu, 24 Jul 2008 22:24:45 +0000

[...] Dites bonjour � Simro�d, le nouveaurobot Japonais destin� � aider les dentistes aux manipulations buccales. Le dro�de a des dents sensibles et se plein de douleurs lorsque l’apprenti charcutier dentiste lui fait mal aux gencives. Le robot est �galement �quip� d’un r�flexe de vomissement lorsque les instruments se coincent dans sa gorge. Personnellement la vid�o me fait l�g�rement froid dans le dos…[IT Media via Pink Tentacle] [...]

By: Di? Hekimleri i�in Humanoid Hasta | Blog Mu Ne Diyorlar

Di? Hekimleri i�in Humanoid Hasta | Blog Mu Ne Diyorlar — Sat, 12 Jul 2008 15:43:38 +0000

[...] duyabilece?i ac? hissini hem bir bilgisayara veri olarak, hem uygulamac? hekime sesli olarak bildiriyor. Verilen sesli komutlarla a?z?n? a�?p-kapayan, ba??n? �eviren, elini kald?ran robot, [...]

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Wed, 09 Apr 2008 04:13:22 +0000

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By: Hot Air » Blog Archive » Video: Japanese set new world record in robot freaky deakiness

Thu, 03 Apr 2008 15:58:47 +0000

[...] See for yourself. The freakiest thing about this is how gratuitously hyper-lifelike it is for the task at hand. You’d get the same training skills from a bare-bones mannequin head wired to something that [...]

By: Choc’late Disaster » Simroid

Choc’late Disaster » Simroid — Fri, 28 Mar 2008 21:38:01 +0000

[...] er hat gar nicht gebohrt. Oder doch? Ich schicke ab jetzt jedenfalls nur noch meinen Dummy zum [...]

By: Simroid (a.k.a. 'Pain Girl') on TV ::: Pink Tentacle

Simroid (a.k.a. 'Pain Girl') on TV ::: Pink Tentacle — Thu, 27 Mar 2008 08:00:24 +0000

[...] the silicone-skinned, pneumatically-powered female patient robot designed to help train dental students, recently appeared on the Fuji TV show Idainaru Miraizukan. [...]

By: Another Path To The Uncanny Valley

Another Path To The Uncanny Valley — Wed, 26 Mar 2008 04:37:55 +0000

[...] The media latches on to the first part — “as a robot becomes more humanlike in appearance and motion” — often. Most recently, Simroid the dental patient robot got this sort of attention. [...]

By: I, for one, welcome our new robot overlords « Twisted One 151’s Weblog

Fri, 29 Feb 2008 15:24:36 +0000

[...] at The University of Portsmouth. Well, now trainee dentists in Japan may have something similar: Simroid. With a mouth loaded with sensors, she responds to mistakes by the trainee that would be painful to [...]

By: Virtual Hosting Blog » 25 Coolest Robots That You Can Have Sex With

Virtual Hosting Blog » 25 Coolest Robots That You Can Have Sex With — Wed, 09 Jan 2008 18:10:57 +0000

[...] Simroid: Simroid is designed for dentist training, but honestly looks more like she was made for oral sex. She has a realistic appearance and human-like behavior, even featuring a gag reflex when objects are inserted too far in her mouth. [...]