# Say, That's a Pretty Sexy Looking Robot **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [July 27, 2005, 5:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/say-thats-a-pretty-sexy-looking-robot/314433 "2005-07-27T17:17:07Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Tuckerfan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/eada6e/32.png) [@Tuckerfan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tuckerfan)\ **Post date:** [July 27, 2005, 5:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/say-thats-a-pretty-sexy-looking-robot/314433/1 "2005-07-27T17:17:07Z")
[I think I’m getting “metal fever”.](http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/4714135.stm) > [@](#): > > Japanese scientists have unveiled the most human-looking robot yet devised - a “female” android called Repliee Q1. > > She has flexible silicone for skin rather than hard plastic, and a number of sensors and motors to allow her to turn and react in a human-like manner. > > She can flutter her eyelids and move her hands like a human. She even appears to breathe. > > Professor Hiroshi Ishiguru of Osaka University says one day robots could fool us into believing they are human. I’m not sure what’s up with her hands, though. In the picture they look like they belong on the wolfman. It’s a good thing that she can’t move around too much, since the illusion would be shattered if she got up, started to walk across the room, and pulled her plug out of the wall. ---
**Author:** ![Sunspace](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sunspace/32/1250_2.png) [@Sunspace](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sunspace)\ **Post date:** [July 27, 2005, 5:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/say-thats-a-pretty-sexy-looking-robot/314433/2 "2005-07-27T17:21:43Z")
I have a poster at home for a manga series involving a robot radio-station announcer in the year 2010: a girl growing out of a computer console/sound board. Looks like they’re right on schedule. ---
**Author:** ![QuickSilver](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/quicksilver/32/7832_2.png) [@QuickSilver](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/QuickSilver)\ **Post date:** [July 27, 2005, 5:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/say-thats-a-pretty-sexy-looking-robot/314433/3 "2005-07-27T17:28:59Z")
Mmmmm… Giiirl Robots… 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Nature\_s\_Call](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/nature_s_call/32/19006_2.png) [@Nature\_s\_Call](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nature_s_Call)\ **Post date:** [July 27, 2005, 5:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/say-thats-a-pretty-sexy-looking-robot/314433/4 "2005-07-27T17:35:08Z")
Sheesh, robots designed to allow us to interact with an automaton more naturally. Just when I thought voice-mail was the ultimate evil. Maybe it’s not so bad, though. I can’t imagine if a stacked robot invited me to “press one.” ---
**Author:** ![UncleRojelio](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/unclerojelio/32/3160_2.png) [@UncleRojelio](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/UncleRojelio)\ **Post date:** [July 27, 2005, 5:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/say-thats-a-pretty-sexy-looking-robot/314433/5 "2005-07-27T17:35:13Z")
> [@QuickSilver](#): > > Mmmmm… Giiirl Robots… 🙂 Well ladies, It’ll all be up to you now to continue the forward advance of the human civilization. All participation from the male of the species is fixin’ to come to a screeching halt! ---
**Author:** ![Nature\_s\_Call](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/nature_s_call/32/19006_2.png) [@Nature\_s\_Call](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nature_s_Call)\ **Post date:** [July 27, 2005, 5:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/say-thats-a-pretty-sexy-looking-robot/314433/6 "2005-07-27T17:37:25Z")
What are housing prices like in Stepford? ---
**Author:** ![Little\_Nemo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/little_nemo/32/3120_2.png) [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\ **Post date:** [July 27, 2005, 6:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/say-thats-a-pretty-sexy-looking-robot/314433/7 "2005-07-27T18:01:49Z")
“This is going to be the best prom ever” ---
**Author:** ![Miller](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/miller/32/481_2.png) [@Miller](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Miller)\ **Post date:** [July 27, 2005, 6:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/say-thats-a-pretty-sexy-looking-robot/314433/8 "2005-07-27T18:02:06Z")
> [@Tuckerfan](#): > > I’m not sure what’s up with her hands, though. In the picture they look like they belong on the wolfman. I think she’s wearing gloves. ---
**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:** [July 27, 2005, 6:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/say-thats-a-pretty-sexy-looking-robot/314433/9 "2005-07-27T18:12:04Z")
Mom? ---
**Author:** ![The\_Tooth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/c67d28/32.png) [@The\_Tooth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Tooth)\ **Post date:** [July 27, 2005, 6:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/say-thats-a-pretty-sexy-looking-robot/314433/10 "2005-07-27T18:15:26Z")
She’s not in the business, she is the business. ---
**Author:** ![Cat\_Whisperer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cat_whisperer/32/4839_2.png) [@Cat\_Whisperer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cat_Whisperer)\ **Post date:** [July 27, 2005, 6:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/say-thats-a-pretty-sexy-looking-robot/314433/11 "2005-07-27T18:18:10Z")
Looking at that picture, I’m starting to get an idea what sci-fi writers were talking about when they wrote about humans not liking or trusting androids. My dinosaur brain does not like “her” at all. ---
**Author:** ![Lightnin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lightnin/32/180_2.png) [@Lightnin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lightnin)\ **Post date:** [July 27, 2005, 6:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/say-thats-a-pretty-sexy-looking-robot/314433/12 "2005-07-27T18:22:34Z")
It’s this kind of irresponsible science that’s just going to get the human race wiped out. Seriously- haven’t these guys seen ANY cyborg movies? ---
**Author:** ![DeadlyAccurate](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/ac91a4/32.png) [@DeadlyAccurate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DeadlyAccurate)\ **Post date:** [July 27, 2005, 6:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/say-thats-a-pretty-sexy-looking-robot/314433/13 "2005-07-27T18:27:17Z")
> [@Lightnin'](#): > > It’s this kind of irresponsible science that’s just going to get the human race wiped out. Seriously- haven’t these guys seen ANY cyborg movies? Or the educational film, _I Dated A Robot!_ [sub]Hey, if you can do Futurama references, so can I.[/sub] ---
**Author:** ![GusNSpot](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gusnspot/32/436_2.png) [@GusNSpot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GusNSpot)\ **Post date:** [July 27, 2005, 6:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/say-thats-a-pretty-sexy-looking-robot/314433/14 "2005-07-27T18:57:28Z")
Asimov was a prophet? Who knew? ---
**Author:** ![Rufus\_Xavier](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/eada6e/32.png) [@Rufus\_Xavier](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rufus_Xavier)\ **Post date:** [July 27, 2005, 7:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/say-thats-a-pretty-sexy-looking-robot/314433/15 "2005-07-27T19:15:23Z")
In the future, the ones we will really have to watch out for are the humans who resemble androids. ---
**Author:** ![Lumpy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lumpy/32/446_2.png) [@Lumpy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lumpy)\ **Post date:** [July 27, 2005, 7:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/say-thats-a-pretty-sexy-looking-robot/314433/16 "2005-07-27T19:22:23Z")
At least they really did make her human looking, and resisted the temptation to make her a Houri with a 65GG bust. ---
**Author:** ![Chronos](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chronos/32/134_2.png) [@Chronos](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chronos)\ **Post date:** [July 27, 2005, 10:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/say-thats-a-pretty-sexy-looking-robot/314433/17 "2005-07-27T22:18:16Z")
Just for the record, that’s a gynoid, not an android. An android is a robot shaped like a man. A gynoid is a robot shaped like a woman. ---
**Author:** ![Rufus\_Xavier](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/eada6e/32.png) [@Rufus\_Xavier](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rufus_Xavier)\ **Post date:** [July 27, 2005, 10:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/say-thats-a-pretty-sexy-looking-robot/314433/18 "2005-07-27T22:27:09Z")
And a steroid is a robot shaped like a castrated bull. : d&r : ---
**Author:** ![Gangster\_Octopus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/a8b319/32.png) [@Gangster\_Octopus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gangster_Octopus)\ **Post date:** [July 27, 2005, 10:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/say-thats-a-pretty-sexy-looking-robot/314433/19 "2005-07-27T22:45:02Z")
Does she shoot bullets out of her jublees? ---
**Author:** ![Cat\_Whisperer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cat_whisperer/32/4839_2.png) [@Cat\_Whisperer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cat_Whisperer)\ **Post date:** [July 27, 2005, 11:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/say-thats-a-pretty-sexy-looking-robot/314433/20 "2005-07-27T23:10:49Z")
No, that’s the Repliee Q2. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/say-thats-a-pretty-sexy-looking-robot/314433.md?page=2)