The HRP-4C, a walking, talking humanoid fashion model fembot developed by Japan's National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology (AIST), is ready for the runway. (Watch her strut her stuff.)
With 30 motors in her body, the 158-centimeter (62-in) tall, 43-kilogram (95-lb) HRP-4C can walk around and strike a range of poses.
The black-haired robot also has 8 motors in her face, allowing her to wow the crowds with expressions of simple emotions like anger and surprise.
Anger // Surprise
HRP-4C is scheduled to make her official runway debut in a special fashion show in Tokyo next week, though she will not be wearing any clothes.
But really, who needs clothes with a body like that?
[Sources: AIST, IHT, Daily Mail]
Timothy
Kinda creepy. Just a bit. But awesome none the less.
[]GroenGeel
Leuk zo'n robot, mijn vriendin Karin heeft er ook interesse in, waar en wanneer kunnen wij haar bestellen? enne wat zijn de kosten?
[]Mocha
the hands really freak me out. (o_0)
[]Dan
I can see how robots like this become popular for a whole other range of purposes than those Honda originally thought of...
They just need to put some more motors in the head and make it open the mouth more...
Then it could be used for vacuuming the apartment (or what were YOU thinking of?).
[]Oppai
OMG she has already been upgraded!
[]http://2sen.dip.jp/cgi-bin/upgun/up1/source/up24922.jpg
Candace
Cool idea. Not sure of the utility. Save money paying models? She's prob cool enough on her own, though she could *definitely* have a cuter butt!
[]Amanda
Actually its used to make money, they hope that it will attract more people. they're think if they put her on the runway that they will make close to 200 dollars more money.
Its a great robot, its great because you can have a conversation with it, and it answers you and responds like a human except with out the ignoring part =D
[]Mandi
This is robot for modeling clothes...riiiight...
[]saber marionette j anyone?
R..
Really impressive. Think of the work that went into this. Think of the possibilities in the next few years.
[]B.D
I think I would rather see a scaled-down Big O...
[]toma
Awful robot. We are here in the middle of the uncanny valley, between zombies and dead people:
[]http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Uncanny_Valley
Fernando
Just need a softer body and made politically correct and it can replace all women. :P already look like a cute japanese teenage girl,its polite and that face looks sweet.I want to meet the girl she was modeled after.
[]kj
woah, this is great...but honestly speaking, this robot realy needs a lot of touch-up. it is not perfrct but still it is awsome!!
[]a
"But really, who needs clothes with a body like that?"
[]the Clothes make her cuter
PRICES
It wil be avalibe around 2010 and wil cost about $150.000
[]Pixie
Why didn't they cover the rest of the body with that skin coloured stuff , or paint the metal or something ,then it'd look less creepy O_O . The angry facial expression doesn't look very angry :P .
[]Ginny
This is really awesome, but also creepy. Especially the way she can walk. And her facial expressions! Kudos to the designers and scientists who did this. It's amazing. By 2020 I bet they'll be perfect... I just hope that they don't get minds of their own if it ever becomes possible...
[]Wingchun Kachoo
Lt. Sharon Valerii reporting for duty!
[]Mulboyne
This robot has nowpopped up on an Osaka catwalk modelling a wedding dress:
http://www.iza.ne.jp/news/newsarticle/natnews/science/280932/
(Article in Japanese)
[]Emily
This is and absolute waste of money, you should think about what you spend time on. There are much more important things to focus on.
[]dray
I own one and it is the greatest thing I have every bought. This is what the future is heading for
[]John
There will always be more important things. If we wait until there is absolutely nothing better to spend resources on it would never get to the drawing board.
[]Joe S
Sweet, she does what you want no backchat.
I'd nail it :)
[]Amanda
This is a great robot, i mean it looks real from what i've seen in videos sounds real and reacts and responds as if it were really a human. the sad thing is that it reminds me of Irobot and it may go rouge XD
[]ken
In October (over a month ago) I saw on Youtube that they've developed a new software program that allows her to sing songs similar to the way we humans learn music! I can't wait to see how sophisticated this robot will get in the upcoming years! I can understand all of you afraid of the "Uncanny Valley." Me personally, I support this kind of development.
[]Samiur Rahman
direct me how to make a model robot with details
[]Capeliano
LA CAGO
[]Mathew
Okay, so the hands are a bit large. But check out that chassis!
seriously, tho - when do they plan to come out with the sexbot gynoids like in the anime?
[]Ashley
I am really impressed!!! This is amazing for the future of technology. She basically responds and reacts on her own, and she learns from regular people. AWESOME!!!!
[]John
I think the hands are one of the biggest drawbacks. If there was a was to make the hands a bit smaller it would go a long way for this work. I am not sure why the hands need to be so big ? If large hands are not currently unavoidable she should have been a larger male where large hands would have been a non-issue.
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