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Self-help guru Tom Robbins and Google co-founder Sergey Brin employed bots of their wetware selves at a San Francisco fundraiser this month, "strutting the room and chatting it up like the rest of us", according to a blogger present. "People at the event, myself included, were immediately attracted to the robots and loved …

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  1. MinionZero
    Joke

    Its a bit anorexic for a Terminator.

    It looks more like a cartoon broom with attitude. :)

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    1. Anonymous Coward
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      Joke

      Or...

      Victoria Beckham on a Segway?

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  2. Anonymous Coward
    Anonymous Coward

    I've seen that somewhere before....

    http://estb.msn.com/i/FD/945CA3242BBEBBEC81933F6DE17.jpg

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  3. Richard IV
    WTF?

    Is it just me?

    That Anybot head strongly reminds me of Mr Spoon off of Button Moon. Can't wait to see what the appendages will look like...

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    1. Richard IV
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      @AC, exactly the same time

      Guess it wasn't just me :)

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  4. Anonymous Coward
    Heart

    O what a bleak and horrible future we live in!

    Just look at all the other people around him, completely ignoring him. This is great. Imagine, you're at a party and some bore starts nagging about kids/linux/iPad. Just give the monitor a good shove, and they'll bounce across the room to some other unwitting victim. Actually, this could be a great party-trick: smash-the-twat, or pounce-the-prick. As soon as the robototised moron gets near, give him a shove to the other party. I see great potential in this technology.

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  5. Anonymous Coward
    WTF?

    Looks like it was a real twatfest

    And these are robots?

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  6. Max Pritchard
    Badgers

    1980s

    "I was disappointed to discover that the Virtual Wonka was encased in little more than a cheap TV stand with a monitor and a webcam attached."

    A bit like Evil Edna then?

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  7. Martin 47

    let one in my office?

    hmmmm - I just hope it doesn't 'trip' and fall downstairs or through that window I 'accidentally' left open

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    1. Huntsman
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      The good thing is

      that at least you won't get a harassment accusation levelled against you when you pat it on the bum for bringing you a brew.

      Bloody secretaries.

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  9. Timo

    looks like I could kick its ass!

    With no arms and no legs I bet I could handily kick its robot ass. And snap its neck like the broomstick that it appears to be.

    If it gets too annoying probably no problem to pull its battery. A bit harder to do that with the real meatware thing.

    Bender - bite my shiny metal ass

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  10. Oninoshiko
    Heart

    hey! bootnotes?

    what happened to our ROTM section?

    Clearly it's a clever plan to overtake us with the power of cute!

    KAWAII!!!!

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  11. Pablo
    Paris Hilton

    Unclear

    Are these autonomous, or controlled by a person? The term "telepresence" implies they are remotely controlled, but calling them robots implies autonomy. It's an important distinction, isn't it?

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  12. adsaenz
    FAIL

    Not the same companies

    The robot that Keith was talking to was a Willow Garage Texai, it's open source and doesn't really have a price tag. Anybots is a completely different company, and their QB (shown in your picture) is the one that will go on sale this fall for $15k.

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  13. Jose Ramirez
    FAIL

    Tom Robbins?

    I believe that's Anthony (Tony) Robbins.

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  14. Anonymous Coward
    Anonymous Coward

    It looks like...

    one of those kiddie toys that a child pushes along and multicolored plastic balls pop around inside a plastic dome sitting on top of the wheels.

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  15. Ian Yates
    Terminator

    Three Laws

    Enquiring minds want to know if the "robots" have the Three Laws built in.

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