SHIRI: The Robot Bum that Expresses Emotion

We all know we express a lot of emotion from our bums, right? Fear… anxiety… happiness… fear. Joy? And, of course, fear. Many people have also asked if robots will be able to express emotions in the same way humans do. Forget facial interaction — the bum is where it’s at. Luckily Nobuhiro Takahashi has been looking into just that with his latest robotics project: SHIRI.

 

SHIRI can “express emotions such as ‘Tension’, ‘Twitch’, and ‘Protrustion’, as well as react accordingly to contact. For example “the user may feel SHIRI’s fear […] on contact”. That’s the thing with fear… it’s all in the bum.

 

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Pure fear.

 

 

 

Some of you may recognise Nobuhiro Takahashi’s name. He’s pretty much a genius when it comes to Human Computer Interaction (HCI) and Humanoid robots, as his website shows. He is also behind…

 

The Sense-Roid and Sense-Roid02

This is a machine that allows the user to hug and touch themselves. Well, you can do that anyway, but this lets you do it as if you were touching someone else. The perfect solution to my lonely Friday nights.

 

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Kiss Interface

A device that lets you kiss over long distances. Great for long distance relationships. Or online chat rooms. Or just put one in your mouth and the other somewhere else on your body. Your hand of course. Right? Maybe. Check these gifs out and try to control your carnal desires:

 

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