Ty Dunitz Ty is an illustrator who stays up too late and must wear glasses. You can follow him on Twitter if you want to (@glitchritual), but he's just gonna throw your stupid PR crap in the garbage, so don't email him.

Fujitsu Bear Redefines Terror, Comforts Your Grandma

33 sec read

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6Y1pQPReP9o

You know what? I think you’ve had enough sleep. In fact, I think you’ve had enough sleep for the next several weeks, and I’m going to make sure you don’t – I’m going to make you watch this video.

Not-oft-loved-enough-by-North-Americans company Fujitsu breakdanced its brand new technologies all over Tokyo’s Fujitsu Forum 2010 this week, and among the lot is this absolutely terrifying bear.

Interestingly enough, this robotic atrocity is designed not as a toy for children, but as therapy, chiefly for the elderly. The idea is that it fills the role of a pet or small child, allowing you to feel less guilty for never calling your grandmother. In any case, to fill that role Fujitsu is attempting to make the bear’s reaction to stimuli as… realistic… as possible.

Just wait for that horrifying giggle at the end of the video.

Sweet dreams.

[Via Plastic Pals]

Avatar of Ty Dunitz
Ty Dunitz Ty is an illustrator who stays up too late and must wear glasses. You can follow him on Twitter if you want to (@glitchritual), but he's just gonna throw your stupid PR crap in the garbage, so don't email him.

Amazon hosted a secretive robotics conference in Florida

Machine-Learning, (Home) Automation, Robotics, and Space Exploration. Those four areas were the focus of the MARS conference that Amazon hosted at a resort in Florida...
Avatar of Michio Hasai Michio Hasai
1 min read

Domino’s wants to use this autonomous robot to deliver…

Robots are very close to reaching the point where they can start taking over our everyday jobs, and when that happens, fast food jobs...
Avatar of Louie Baur Louie Baur
1 min read

Alphabet is reportedly planning to get rid of Boston…

Remember Boston Dynamics, that robotics company that Google acquired back in 2013, the same one that posted that video of the creepy robot dogs...
Avatar of Alfie Joshua Alfie Joshua
1 min read

2 Replies to “Fujitsu Bear Redefines Terror, Comforts Your Grandma”

  1. This isn’t nearly as terrifying as that Elmo toy that get up on its own.

  2. The voice in the background asked “Is it happy now?”
    The reply: “It looks kind of sleepy.”

    Yikes. I don’t like it’s black hole, soulless eyes.

Leave a Reply

Your email address will not be published. Required fields are marked *