1. 12:20 24th Jul 2012

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    Japanese Android Simulates Garrulous Old Man Powered by air servos, the droid has all the idiosyncratic moves of Beicho performing rakugo, an art in which performers wear kimono and use only a kerchief and hand fan as props. …it waves its arms, bows its head, and speaks in a gravelly voice like the master while narrating tales. Its mouth isn’t all that expressive but from far away, it’s hard to notice. The robot cracked up a few journalists at a press conference. It took two months to build and cost some $1 million, according to Sankei News. [The Android] was unveiled as part of an exhibition that combines a retrospective on Beicho’s career with exhibits on cutting edge tech in Osaka. (via Elderly storytelling android debuts in Japan | Cutting Edge - CNET News)

    Japanese Android Simulates Garrulous Old Man

    Powered by air servos, the droid has all the idiosyncratic moves of Beicho performing rakugo, an art in which performers wear kimono and use only a kerchief and hand fan as props.

    …it waves its arms, bows its head, and speaks in a gravelly voice like the master while narrating tales. Its mouth isn’t all that expressive but from far away, it’s hard to notice. The robot cracked up a few journalists at a press conference. It took two months to build and cost some $1 million, according to Sankei News.

    [The Android] was unveiled as part of an exhibition that combines a retrospective on Beicho’s career with exhibits on cutting edge tech in Osaka.

    (via Elderly storytelling android debuts in Japan | Cutting Edge - CNET News)

     
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      look2 liike they beat eq iin realii2m de2iign. but can iit explode and bend tiime? ii diidnt thiink 2o.
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