Monday, August 29, 2005

Robot attacks Japan's Prime Minister

Yeah, this story happened last week, but I just got over laughing so hard about it. The video is hilarious. Japan's first mall-patrolling security robot, the T63 Artemis, took an instant dislike to Japan's Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi. A simple meet-and-greet experience was obviously too much.
Later, the robot's programmer commited seppuku.
LOL.

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2 Comments:

Blogger Rich Pav said...

Actually, no. The company rep was explaining to the P.M. what the robot can do. It wasn't a mistake. The original video is the first link on this page: http://www.tmsuk.co.jp/artemis/

8/30/2005 8:35 AM  
Blogger pknyc said...

yup,
i guess a bit of hyperbole on my part.
but looks funny regardless.

8/30/2005 10:12 AM  

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