# Rise of the Machines: Sweaty Robot **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [June 6, 2007, 11:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rise-of-the-machines-sweaty-robot/406972 "2007-06-06T11:25:10Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 13\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Tuckerfan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/eada6e/32.png) [@Tuckerfan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tuckerfan)\ **Post date:** [June 6, 2007, 11:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rise-of-the-machines-sweaty-robot/406972/1 "2007-06-06T11:25:10Z")
[It’s just a blob, but it sweats to say, “I love you.”](http://www.engadget.com/2007/06/05/alexitimia-robotic-blob-sweats-when-you-touch-it/) > [@](#): > > Pretty far out, we know, but this creepy piece of blubber reportedly feels like rubber to the touch, and thanks to the integrated touch sensors, an internal water pump allows the pores to perspire in a zany attempt at showing affection. In theory, this could mean that sexbots won’t be a dry hump. ---
**Author:** ![BMalion](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e274bd/32.png) [@BMalion](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BMalion)\ **Post date:** [June 6, 2007, 11:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rise-of-the-machines-sweaty-robot/406972/2 "2007-06-06T11:55:35Z")
Resistance is futile, you will be assimilated, sailor. ---
**Author:** ![CalMeacham](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/calmeacham/32/35_2.png) [@CalMeacham](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CalMeacham)\ **Post date:** [June 6, 2007, 12:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rise-of-the-machines-sweaty-robot/406972/3 "2007-06-06T12:44:44Z")
[music]“Beware of the Blob It creeps. And sleeps And crawls around the floor Right Through The Door” [/music] And _Sweats_ ---
**Author:** ![Unauthorized\_Cinnamon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/bc8723/32.png) [@Unauthorized\_Cinnamon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Unauthorized_Cinnamon)\ **Post date:** [June 6, 2007, 1:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rise-of-the-machines-sweaty-robot/406972/4 "2007-06-06T13:00:27Z")
Funny, I just ran into the idea of the uncanny valley yesterday. And while it doesn’t look at all human, a blob that sweats definitely gets a 😛 from me. ---
**Author:** ![BMalion](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e274bd/32.png) [@BMalion](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BMalion)\ **Post date:** [June 6, 2007, 5:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rise-of-the-machines-sweaty-robot/406972/5 "2007-06-06T17:52:04Z")
So… it’s from France? ---
**Author:** ![ultrafilter](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/3d9bf3/32.png) [@ultrafilter](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ultrafilter)\ **Post date:** [June 6, 2007, 6:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rise-of-the-machines-sweaty-robot/406972/6 "2007-06-06T18:03:36Z")
[QUOTE=Unauthorized Cinnamon] And while it doesn’t look at all human, a blob that sweats definitely gets a 😛 from me. [/QUOTE] You’re going to lick it? ---
**Author:** ![Robot\_Arm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/robot_arm/32/18280_2.png) [@Robot\_Arm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Robot_Arm)\ **Post date:** [June 6, 2007, 6:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rise-of-the-machines-sweaty-robot/406972/7 "2007-06-06T18:25:47Z")
Mom? ---
**Author:** ![Mindfield](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mindfield/32/19759_2.png) [@Mindfield](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mindfield)\ **Post date:** [June 6, 2007, 6:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rise-of-the-machines-sweaty-robot/406972/8 "2007-06-06T18:27:05Z")
The only thing that could possibly make that creepier is if it also said things like 'Yeah, right there. Oh, _God_ that feels good. You have nice, strong, warm hands. Could…could you…? Right there, just over there, yeah, yeah, just above that fold…ooohhhhhhhh, yeah, that did it." ---
**Author:** ![Musicat](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/musicat/32/20189_2.png) [@Musicat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Musicat)\ **Post date:** [June 6, 2007, 6:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rise-of-the-machines-sweaty-robot/406972/9 "2007-06-06T18:51:45Z")
[QUOTE=Mindfield] Right there, just over there, yeah, yeah, just above that fold…ooohhhhhhhh, yeah, that did it." [/QUOTE] You want oil with that? ---
**Author:** ![Encinitas](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/ee7513/32.png) [@Encinitas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Encinitas)\ **Post date:** [June 6, 2007, 7:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rise-of-the-machines-sweaty-robot/406972/10 "2007-06-06T19:47:26Z")
[Horta]Kill not I.[/Horta] ---
**Author:** ![Tuckerfan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/eada6e/32.png) [@Tuckerfan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tuckerfan)\ **Post date:** [June 6, 2007, 8:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rise-of-the-machines-sweaty-robot/406972/11 "2007-06-06T20:58:40Z")
In rereading the thread title, I suddenly heard Lionel Ritchie singing, “I just sweated to say, ‘I love you.’” ---
**Author:** ![DocCathode](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/doccathode/32/18773_2.png) [@DocCathode](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DocCathode)\ **Post date:** [June 6, 2007, 9:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rise-of-the-machines-sweaty-robot/406972/12 "2007-06-06T21:06:42Z")
“We say supportive, nurturing things to it.” “Are you sleeping with it, Ray?” Correction- The Horta writes “No Kill I” ---
**Author:** ![Autolycus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/22d042/32.png) [@Autolycus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Autolycus)\ **Post date:** [June 6, 2007, 11:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rise-of-the-machines-sweaty-robot/406972/13 "2007-06-06T23:42:24Z")
I dont think I want to “emotionally experience the . . . wet domain of nature” !!