Welcome to the future people, prepare to feel creeped out.
Toshiba dropped a giant WTF bomb on CES in Las Vegas on Tuesday when it introduced a creepy "lifelike" robot that may steal your job one day.
The concept robot is called ChihiraAico and its goal is to "achieve real heart-warming communication with human-like facial expression." Basically, Rosie from The Jetsons is here and it has a pair of cold, dead eyes.
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A representative for Toshiba told Mashable that the concept is part of their human smart community, which promotes smarter living with energy, healthcare and storage. So, ChihiraAico could be put to work as a healthcare professional to assist the elderly or persons with disabilities, a service industry professional that will take your food order or even a cheerleader?
The company claims that the android has the world's highest level of natural and realistic facial expressions and provides quick, silent and smooth body movements using 43 pneumatic actuators -- 15 in its face, 4 in its body and 24 in its shoulders and arms.
Oh, and it also sings John Denver tunes.
Pretty sure this is exactly how John Denver performed it #CES2015
A video posted by Chris Taylor (@futurechris) on Jan 1, 2015 at 3:20pm PST
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