Comments on: Ripply Pictures and Sunny Robots http://suannewarr.com/blog/archives/391 In which the writer blogs about her growing collection of rejection letters, quirky Internet finds, and the inside-out adventures of daily life Thu, 20 Nov 2008 16:40:19 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.0.3 by: Suanne http://suannewarr.com/blog/archives/391#comment-15335 Tue, 11 Sep 2007 14:45:20 +0000 http://suannewarr.com/blog/archives/391#comment-15335 I'm guessing that they tried to make these functionally humanoid but non-threatening, with the yellow faces and what not. However, black and yellow markings are sometimes danger signals in nature, such as with bees and wasps. I wonder if they showed pictoral prototypes to a sample audience? It would probably enhance the robots reception if they made small changes based on audience feedback. I’m guessing that they tried to make these functionally humanoid but non-threatening, with the yellow faces and what not. However, black and yellow markings are sometimes danger signals in nature, such as with bees and wasps.

I wonder if they showed pictoral prototypes to a sample audience? It would probably enhance the robots reception if they made small changes based on audience feedback.

]]> by: SMD http://suannewarr.com/blog/archives/391#comment-15333 Tue, 11 Sep 2007 08:48:19 +0000 http://suannewarr.com/blog/archives/391#comment-15333 I'll be honest...I'm freaked out. I had no idea Japan was churning out the types of robots I just got turned on to from this post to YouTube. I'm freaked. The Matrix will be real... Of course I'm kidding on the Matrix part, but it's still rather creepy. I think our first step is to make robots not look like us. The humanoid ones are just...*scary* I’ll be honest…I’m freaked out. I had no idea Japan was churning out the types of robots I just got turned on to from this post to YouTube. I’m freaked. The Matrix will be real…

Of course I’m kidding on the Matrix part, but it’s still rather creepy. I think our first step is to make robots not look like us. The humanoid ones are just…*scary*

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