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Oh wow, this is so wrong...
Jan. 9th, 2010 07:07 pmThe Story Behind “Roxxxy TrueCompanion”:
The initial concept for the current sex robot began with a conversation several years ago. A friend and Douglas Hines were remembering a dear friend who passed away. Douglas thought that it was sad to not be able to ever talk to him again. He said “wouldn't it be great if I could create a robot with artificial intelligence and have it hold someone's personality and preferences - this way, we could talk to the robotic version of that person and ask it questions whenever we wanted"? We thought it was a great idea though we both agreed that it would be a very big undertaking.
On 9/11/2001, that good friend also passed away in Tower 1 at the World Trade Center. And now we cannot talk to that person... so, this made Douglas think seriously about how to implement a robotic representation of a person and have it reflect that person’s personality.
After test marketing, the concept changed in order to capitalize on the enormous adult entertainment industry.
True Companion has designed such a sex robot.
The initial concept for the current sex robot began with a conversation several years ago. A friend and Douglas Hines were remembering a dear friend who passed away. Douglas thought that it was sad to not be able to ever talk to him again. He said “wouldn't it be great if I could create a robot with artificial intelligence and have it hold someone's personality and preferences - this way, we could talk to the robotic version of that person and ask it questions whenever we wanted"? We thought it was a great idea though we both agreed that it would be a very big undertaking.
On 9/11/2001, that good friend also passed away in Tower 1 at the World Trade Center. And now we cannot talk to that person... so, this made Douglas think seriously about how to implement a robotic representation of a person and have it reflect that person’s personality.
After test marketing, the concept changed in order to capitalize on the enormous adult entertainment industry.
True Companion has designed such a sex robot.
Dead friend -> sex robot? really? REALLY? Fortunately for them, I imagine people who would spend lots of money on an Uncanny Valley Girl aren't going to be squicked by some really creepy marketing copy.
Found this site from a slashdot story
Here's a cringe-worthy demo... looks like this is the same founder who wrote the marketing copy.
