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ylai@lemmy.ml to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 11 months ago

This smiling robot face made of living skin is absolute nightmare fuel

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This smiling robot face made of living skin is absolute nightmare fuel

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ylai@lemmy.ml to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 11 months ago
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Giving robots a human-like exterior has been the standard for years — centuries even. But giving them actual, living skin that can be manipulated into

Original publication: https://www.cell.com/cell-reports-physical-science/fulltext/S2666-3864(24)00335-7

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    JFC just give it an LCD screen head that makes emojis and knock this uncanny valley shit off. I’d rather have Codsworth or R2D2 than this homunculus or some latex-faced simulacrum.

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      R2D2

      I think prince Xizor had a fuckable bodyguard droid in the EU. But in general employing living beings was cheaper.

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      What about Kevin Spacey in a robot on the moon?

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        I’d be beside myself.

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      You say thSt until you can print off Natalie Dormer and a clone of the former and stick your dick in it.

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