Robot Kiss Is Probably Not The First
Writing by Evan Ackerman on Tuesday, 25 of August , 2009 at 1:21 am
Apparently, the first official robot kiss (between androids Thomas and Janet) took place on December 27, 2008, during a robot performance of Phantom of the Opera in Taiwan. My guess, though, is that there have been plenty of occasions where poor lonely roboticists with a couple spare humanoids, vivid imaginations, and a strong doses of desperation have programmed their own private robot kissing scenes. And let’s just not extrapolate any more on that.
Slightly weirder footage of the scene from the play itself, after the jump.
VIA [ IEEE Automaton ]
Thanks Erico!
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Category: Androids, Pop Culture, Uncanny Valley
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Comment by D4rky
Made Tuesday, 25 of August , 2009 at 3:05 am
Too bad they look like retarded so it’s more pitiful than hot ;)
Comment by David
Made Tuesday, 25 of August , 2009 at 6:47 pm
Bruce Lacey did it better back in the 60s.
Comment by Blaed
Made Wednesday, 26 of August , 2009 at 7:58 pm
not as great as the kiss bit from Bjork’s “all is full of love” video.