Is it weird that every time I see a video of a Japanese robot, I immediately expect it to turn into some sort of porn? Don’t get me wrong, it’s not like I’m pulling my dick out at the first sight of a droid of any kind. It’s just that I feel like that’s the type of thing that Japanese guys are into. Especially those life like women robots. What else could the purpose for them possibly be? But at least that would make some sort of sense. The robot in this video makes no sense at all. First of all, it’s slow as shit. If Great-Grandma had fallen and couldn’t get up, and I had to sit around and wait for this motorized garbage can to put her back in her rascal, I’d probably just end up getting impatient and picking that cranky old hag up myself. And what’s with the face? It’s creepy. Why would a machine built to lift things need a face at all? Forklifts don’t have faces. For some reason, humans are too programed to believe that robots have to be built in their image… like gods. That makes no sense though.
Shouldn’t we be building robots that are better than we are? What’s the point otherwise? I’m no engineer, but if arms were the best design to lift people out of beds with, wouldn’t a robot be unnecessary since we’d be able to do it on our own? In other words, the design is supposed to improve on human limitations, not mimic them. And why does it need to wave? Seems like a useless feature. What if it somehow got its signals crossed while lifting a patient and goes to wave? SPLAT! Jap blood everywhere. So, I’m gonna say it’s back to the drawing board for these guys and their useless, one-trick robot. Now, if you’ll excuse me, I’d like a minute alone with this robot video.
