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Mar 27 2007 1 Comment

Mechanical man Friday

“A human being may be faster, but you have to say ‘Thank you.’ That’s the best part about a robot. You don’t have to feel bad about asking it to do things.”

University of Tokyo Professor Tomomasa Sato on the merits of mechanical friends after he and other researchers revealed a robot that poured tea into a cup and then delivered it to a person.

Quite right indeed. A breakthrough that possibly paves the way to a life lived without the pain of having to be polite to people. And maybe even the eradication of irksome social interaction altogether.

japanese robot emiew

How splendid…

Categorized: Technology Stuff

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  1. Pearl says

    3/29/2007 at 3:21 am

    I have the home address of a long lost Japanese friend. She lived in Yokohama. Is there a website to see if she still lives there? I don’t have her email or contact phone number…

    Thanks!

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