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What's Inside This China Factory? Eerie Humanoid Robots! [Video] (www.ibtimes.co.uk)
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A Chinese company creates hyper-realistic humanoids that mimic emotions for healthcare and education, raising questions about ethics and job displacement.

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[–] [email protected] 12 points 4 months ago (2 children)

When will designers learn to stop jumping into the uncanny valley? Just give it a simple led panel that can do pixelated emojis or something. There's a reason everybody loves R2D2 - because he's a foul mouthed little trashcan that nobody can understand and not a creepy talking doll.