A newfangled robotic dummy packs a potent artificial brain, as it can reportedly “respond verbally to questions about how it feels and move its body in ways that exhibit the symptoms of its ailment.” The current prototype is modeled after a female who honestly looks to have had one incredibly rough day week, and while it wasn’t clear if instructors could program the android to act out only a certain number of understood illnesses, we’re sure the library of problems will grow with time. Currently, the bot is being trailed to see if it will indeed prove to be a valuable learning tool to eager med students, and if all goes well, it should “become part of the curriculum next year.”
Perhaps a plastic surgeon can diagnose this robot too. Japan has good-looking actresses and, now, fugly robots.
[via Engadget]
I know when it comes to building robots, there really is’nt a limit, but i must say those arms are huge! i dont really see a need for that many components in a nice biological Android arm. Well, I mean, components are nice, but i could only imagine keeping them within human/lady-like dimensions.
by elvensynth (Jul 23, 2008 at 8 AM)(i believe it is a little bit more simple than we might imagine)