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Here is SAYA in neutral position. Very life-like, not scary at all.
This is happy SAYA.
I told her she was cute. "Thank you!" she responded with a giggle. So far this robot was doing nothing to dispel Japanese woman stereotypes.
This is sad SAYA.I decided see what the robot engineers knew about the female psyche, and told her she looked unpleasant. "Don't say such things," she responded, with sounds of sobbing.
This is Surprised SAYA.I told her to be startled and she responded, "I'm shocked!"
This is disgusted SAYA.Eliciting this expression required putting something icky in front of her. Not that she notices any difference, but just for visual impact. I told her to touch this (use your imagination, genius), and she squealed, "Disgusting!"
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This is angry SAYA.
At this point things were getting heated, and she actually got pretty fierce when I called her an idiot. When she's pissed she flashes her teeth, her tummy sounds like a thunderstorm, and her eyes get a fanatic glow. "I am not an idiot," she responded, "OK!"
This is frightened SAYA.I told her she was going to get bird flu. "I'm getting scared," she whimpered.So there you have it. In ten minutes her mood swung from happy to sad, polite to irritable, giggly to moody. She was actually quite a handful. These creators sure do understand women! MARIA AHLGREN
(Photos by Melanie Magassa)
