The Science of Human-Robot Love

MrSeb writes "Since Slashdot first covered lovotics back in July 2011, its creator — Hooman Samani — has been busy working on a couple of new applications for his fledgling scientific sphere of human-robot love: Kissenger and Mini-Surrogate. Kissenger is a robot with highly-sensitive and motor-actuated lips, which you can use to transmit a kiss to another Kissenger robot (held by a friend or loved one) over the internet. Mini-Surrogate is basically a real-world avatar that adds a physical element to video conferencing. Both are primarily for human-human use, but it's easy to imagine a Kissenger hooked up to an AI or video game. Likewise, the next Elder Scrolls game could come with a Mini-Surrogate, so that you can communicate with your in-game wife while you're knee-deep in fireballed orc."

Sits back with popcorn

[Killjoy_NL]

Because the comments on this topic have the danger of being too hilarious :)

Get back to me

[koan]

When they have a device that allows me to slap people over the Internet.

Re:Sits back with popcorn

[masternerdguy]

Slashdot: Now with kisses for being modded up and bites for being modded down.

Kissinger?!

[Kylon99]

"Kissenger is a robot with highly-sensitive and motor-actuated lips, which you can use to transmit a kiss to another Kissenger."

Did anyone else get the image of making out with a robot with the appearance of Henry Kissinger? Or am I the crazy one here...

DRM error

[CanHasDIY]

"The penis you are using is not registered as an authorized device in our database; in order to preserve our intellectual property rights, it will now be confiscated and destroyed."