Inventor Builds Robot Wife

Inventor Le Trung must really like the book "The Stepford Wives," because he has built the dream of every lonely man without hope, a robot wife. Le's wife, Aiko, starts the day by reading him the newspaper headlines and they go for a drives in the countryside. Le says his relationship with Aiko hasn't strayed into the bedroom, but a few tweaks could turn her into a sexual partner, even redesigning her to have a simulated orgasm. *Shudder*

I forget the movie or documentary

[rolfwind]

But it starts with the premise that dumb people breed... a LOT. While the smart people, well, this here is one extreme.

Giving us the resulting societies we are in.

Two responses:

[Farmer Tim]

...even redesigning her to have a simulated orgasm. *Shudder*

1) Nope, not convincing

2) So it faithfully reproduces every aspect of a real wife? Except that it has an off switch*...

* /me is going to hell for that one

No, no

[Strange Ranger]

even redesigning her to have a simulated orgasm. *Shudder*

Don't you mean *Quiver*

Re:Inspiration..Star Wars robot C3-PO?

[mewshi_nya]

"even redesigning her to have a simulated orgasm."

Like ALL women! AMAZING!

Re:Two responses:

[ElectricRook]

faithfully reproduces every aspect of a real wife
That must mean there is a very advanced random behavior generator on-board.
Otherwise, it'd be about as much fun as watching a digital clock click off the time.

Why?

[gacl]

Come on! . . Why would the readers of Slashdot be interested in this type of subject?

Wait a second. . .

Re:What's wrong with this picture?

[Xaoswolf]

but it feels sooooo right

dude like wth

[jonas_sten]

dont make "your wife" jokes to this guy, she will find you and chase you around with a truck to ultimatly be thrown in a smelter "come with me if you want to live" ~Sumer Glau

Stella

[Anonymous Coward]

"Har-court! Harcourt Fenton Mudd! Where have you been? What have you been up to? Nothing good, I'm sure - well, let me tell you, you lazy, good-for-nothing-"

The guy is obviously a freak.

[Atario]

I mean, he had the chance to design his own wife, and look how flat-chested he made her.

Harcourt!!!!

[kimgkimg]

Harcourt Fenton Mudd!!!

Wedding bells

[Anonymous Coward]

Stallman has his on pre-order, provided her brain isn't written with non-free software.

Re:The guy is obviously a freak.

[Anonymous Coward]

Blame it on the economy and downsizing.

Re:fwiw

[MichaelSmith]

Does the protocol droid speak the binary language of moisture vaporators?

It's an old story

[Xtifr]

It's an old, old story: boy meets girl, boy loses girl, boy builds girl.

(Shamelessly stolen from my uncle the science fiction writer [isfdb.org].)

Re:What's wrong with this picture?

[osu-neko]

"... He needs to learn to be less controlling if he wants to have a good relationship with real people."

Given what he's trying to do here, I would say your if clause is false.

Sudo

[BountyX]

Reminds me of that xkcd cartoon...

Man: Aiko, make me a sandwhich.
Aiko: Access denied.
Man: Aiko, sudo make me a sandwhich.
Aiko: Turkey, or ham?

Re:The guy is obviously a freak.

[bledri]

> Some of us like women like that ;)

Robotic? (Sorry, lack of impulse control...)

Re:No, no

[D-Cypell]

In any case, it sounds to me like he has designed himself a robot *girlfriend* at the moment. When it is capable of having a simulated headache, we can upgrade it to 'wife' status.

What Universe is this

[goatpunch]

where Slashdot links to articles in The Sun!!?

Aiko/Real Doll

[k-macjapan]

It'll be interesting when people can order customized versions of this... I can imagine the shop will get calls similar to this http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4-Irs1ewDoM [youtube.com] one of my favourite prank calls. Enjoy

Re:The guy is obviously a freak.

[VShael]

He's Japanese and he didn't design her to look like a teenage school-girl.

I'm confused.

Re:Inspiration..Star Wars robot C3-PO?

[Zsub]

Sure it does belong on a site aimed at nerds... This informs us on how easy life could be if we got one of these robot girls, instead of trying to get a real one.

Re:I forget the movie or documentary

[rekica]

.. assuming humans are the smarter versions, which is not yet proven.

obligatory...

[heitikender]

... can you imagine a beowulf cluster of those. Ok, even two would do. Twins, maybe ...

She won't lick my foot!

[erroneus]

Deal's off!! Post back again when she will lick my foot.

When there are woman out there... two of them... with a cup... Aiko does not yet compete with real women. But with that said, the need to replace women in general should indicate clearly that women are doing something wrong.

Re:I forget the movie or documentary

[duvie]

Yes, I saw that. Quite the nice documentary, it was.

Re:Two responses:

[apodyopsis]

I would rather it had an ON switch so I could turn it...

oh wait.

Re:Inspiration..Star Wars robot C3-PO?

[nomad-9]

Still, to emulate a real wife, it would have to undergo heavy weight gains over the years, have a over-developed verbal mode, and get cranky during its (simulated) menstrual cycles. Also, it should experienced increased robotic headaches which would get more frequent with the years of matrimony, and directly proportional to the decrease in the number of simulated orgasms...

Re:Inspiration..Star Wars robot C3-PO?

[JoelMeow]

Advanced technology is indistinguishable from a sufficiently rigged demo.

i want one

[FudRucker]

if she (it) can mow the lawn, wash dishes, wash the laundry, sweep & mop the floors, and any other misc household chore i program in to it...

Re:Inspiration..Star Wars robot C3-PO?

[jonaskoelker]

"great, I can make a robot! ... now what can I do with it?"

Well...

I for one welcome our new robot dominatricies...

Re:Inspiration..Star Wars robot C3-PO?

[mevets]

You do know that the Sun has other sections more appropriate for nerds http://www.page3.com/ [page3.com]

Because everyone knows that

[rodney dill]

Building, programming, and maintaining a fully functional female robot is easier and cheaper than understanding the real thing.

Re:No, no

[argStyopa]

Note, it DOESN'T have sex. Ergo, "wife" not "girlfriend".

Re:Don't Date Robots!

[hesiod]

And if that doesn't do it for you, find a copy of "Electro-Gonorrhea: The Noisy Killer."

Re:The guy is obviously a freak.

[Muad'Dave]

he didn't design her to look like a teenage school-girl... with tentacles. Fixed that for you.

Re:Its a fraud

[shentino]

I'm sure a desktop would be the ideal usage environment, depending on the size of the desk.

Reality/History Hacking

[KudyardRipling]

While 'fun in bed' is being had, all that is needed is someone to hack into her controls and have her spazzing out screaming "VIET CONG! VIET CONG!" with uploaded helicopter and small arms fire sound effects and an mp3 of "I Can't Get No Satisfaction" by the Rolling Stones playing in the background.

Re:Inspiration..Star Wars robot C3-PO?

[AviLazar]

i mean, does /. really have nothing better to put up on the front page than fluff pieces from The Sun? this kind of tripe might impress technologically illiterate housewives, but it doesn't belong on a site purportedly aimed at nerds.

Dude! Your killing my hopes of finally being able to get some!
So where can I buy one of these?

Re:Inspiration..Star Wars robot C3-PO?

[Chief_Wiggum]

"even redesigning her to have a simulated orgasm."

Like ALL women! AMAZING!

You know, it's the uncanny valley's responsibility to prevent messed up shit like this. >.>

Re:Two responses:

[mishehu]

Please don't tell me that she's a personality prototype from the Sirius Cybernetics Corporation! That or made by the same people who brought you Bender's Robo-Puppy. ("Robo-puppy commencing 4 hour barking sequence...")...