Sep 17 2007Scary Robot Face is Scary, Ugly
The WD-2 scary robot face from Tokyo University can allegedly transform to look like anyone. It has a projector in the rear so it can project video of your face and expressions to make it even more frightening. It has "17 facial points, for a total of 56 degrees of freedom," and is made from a "highly elastic and rigid (!?) material called Septom, with bits of steel wool mixed in for added strength." Neat concept, but I feel sorry for the poor bastard whose face was used in the picture, because that may very well be the world's ugliest mug.
Two crazy videos after the jump, one of the face changing, one with projection.
Scary Robot Face Is Scary, Ugly [therawfeed]
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Reader Comments
1. Steve - September 17, 2007 10:10 AM
By "anyone" I think they mean "asians."
2. DaftFox - September 17, 2007 10:37 AM
You think it can really mimic anyone? because I'd like to put Bush's face there and have him say a few words..
DF
3. bobo - September 17, 2007 10:37 AM
That's creepy. Like some sci fi movie where robots went around pretending to be humans and loved ones. Then people would have sex with them.
4. Phil Canyon - September 17, 2007 10:54 AM
That wasn't a sci-fi movie bobo, just your old porno from 1974
5. Naruelle - September 17, 2007 2:35 PM
LOL steve I was thinking the same thing.
btw wouldn't it of course look like that person if a face is project on top of it? I would look like angelina jolie if i had her face mask/her face projection on my face.. =_=
It only looks god from the front too...
6. Quase - September 17, 2007 5:32 PM
HEEEEEEEEEL NO, I'll never be able to sleep again. This thing gives me the ebee jebees...
7. Lindsay - September 17, 2007 9:06 PM
ROFL #1. Yeah I don't think that thing picks up non-asian faces...
8. Me - September 18, 2007 8:19 AM
Copyright 2006?
There is a reason that yesterdays bread is cheaper to buy from a bakery!!!!
Gimme new news!
9. Spooky - September 18, 2007 6:26 PM
O___O; Eeek!
10. kathy - September 22, 2007 8:34 AM
the third face looks like an asian napolean dynamite
11. T G Geko - September 22, 2007 7:06 PM
I dont know what they are saying, but I am sure that it is along the lines of: " Be afraid, we are coming." OMFG what if everyone around me is a hand full of robots that just keep changing to look like all the people I know!
12. brandin - October 28, 2007 8:46 PM
hello welcome to the scary maze
our first thing is to get past all four levels
our second thing is the scary face and scary face is bad
our last thing is be SCARED!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! muahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahaha
13. brandin - October 28, 2007 8:48 PM
oh i almost forgot BOO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
happy hallowen.
14. brandin - October 28, 2007 8:52 PM
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