Editor's Blog
"Oh Rosie, can you bring me my slippers?"
It was the title of an h+ magazine piece by Surfdaddy Orca about a Stanford AI Project… but as Orca wrote:
"Rosie, the Jetsons’ maid robot, is a sweet, nurturing cartoon robot. Not only does she bring George his slippers, she washes his clothes, teaches his son to dribble a basketball, and sings while vacuuming the rug… (but) The Stanford Artificial Intelligence Robot (STAIR) looks more like tubular shelving on a Segway than a robotic maid."
Well, it looks like we may have a humanoid looking Rosie soon. According to physorg.com:
"Zahru-Z (R), a robot developed by the Korea Institute of Science and Technology picks up a sandwich in Seoul. South Korean scientists have developed a walking robot maid which can clean a home, dump clothes in a washing machine and even heat food in a microwave… Mahru-Z has a human-like body including a rotating head, arms, legs and six fingers plus three-dimensional vision to recognise chores that need to be tackled, media reports said Monday"
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And in the not too distant future, the sexaroid! Available in French Maid, Slave Girl, Sailorsuit, and Apron Only! She cooks! She cleans! She makes and breaks beds! Available in a wide variety of bodyforms and all genders (please indicate Male, Female, or Herm, as well as het,bi,hom when ordering) and all existing personality profiles!
Seriously though, Between Roxxxy, this and the simulacrum you discussed in a previous blog, it’s coming.
Wow, I want to hire Rosie! lols
It will surely be a lot of fun if I’ll have Rosie to run household chores in my house. Though I’m certain it will cost a lot of money to hire her! haha
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