Back last summer when I first posted about the Repliee Q1 android, wait I need to explain something real quick. I now realize that calling the Q1 a robot is a mistake, an android is a robot made to resemble a human, in both appearance and behavior. Anyway back to my point, back last summer when I first posted about the Repliee Q1 I had no idea the extent that it, she? was capable of mimicking a humans appearance, movements, speech and dare I say ‘persona’.
This video was just as startling to me as the pictures of Repliee but in a way it also put the android back into perspective. There are a few things about the Repliee Q1 that still giveaway her mechanical nature. There’s a slight jerk or roughness to her motion and of course her eyes are somewhat emotionless.
I can only imagine what this demo would have been like with fluid motion and dilating pupils. It’s kind of odd to see the science fiction of my youth become science fact before my very eyes. This is an exciting time to live in, I can only imagine how far the field of robotics will have advanced by the time I’m in my later years.