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And Now, a Robot Autonomously Folding a Pile of Five Previously Unseen Towels

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Mad Prophet Ludwig4/01/2010 2:30:28 pm PDT

re: #75 freetoken

Perhaps more are hoping (fearing?) the future will come more to this:


[Video]

warning: not safe for human eye consumption!

Yeah, I have always been curious. The Japanese have been pushing android development for sometime. I am curious about the cultural imperative behind it. Don’t get me wrong, robotics are cool and useful and every technological nation is in to them, but I get the distinct impression of a much deeper fascination with actually making replacement people in Japan.

Since you are the resident expert on Japan, can you comment?