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October 9, 2006

Hello Kitty Robot is Scary!

Actroid DER2

Kokoro, a Sanrio Group company specializing in the design and manufacture of robots, unveiled its new Actroid DER2 Hello Kitty loving robot. It’s not the first time the Japanese have released a robot to do the work of humans. In this case, Actroid DER2 is a greetings and expo show robot that can be rented for 400,000 yen (US$3,500).

Does anyone else think this robot is freakishly scary looking? Someone get her a hairstylist and plastic surgeon. I think I’ll save my $3500 and rent a real flesh and blood model.

More pics of Actroid DER2 or view the YouTube video.

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  • jan

    Just in time for halloween!

  • vm3z9

    She’s definitely an upgrade from the other robot that does work for humans, but a little makeover could help.

  • David

    The more realisitc these model becomes, the more freakier it gets haha. – Didn’t know that Sanrio was specializing in robots. Guess those cute little guys don’t work anymore.

  • rbx6jm7man

    ^ agreed. we can just pay a girl 50 bucks and she’ll rant about how kawaii hello kitty products are. it’s cost effective and it helps the economy by creating jobs! ^^

  • http://www.gamedudex.com GameDudeX

    Wow… before I saw the bigger pics, I thought that it was a real woman.

  • glimmerish

    I thought it was real too!

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  • b0unce

    thats whacked!

  • http://www.PinoyBroker.com www.PinoyBroker.com

    i would hate her to be in my bedroom…

    so scary…

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    http://www.PinoyBroker.com

  • zaku

    i thought that was real human that will promote the new robot, didn’t know that was the new robot itself. Only matter of time before they replace us. You can’t even tell them apart from an human, shit.

  • http://www.erapo.szm.sk Lenka

    What about a woman with blond hair?

  • http://webjay.org/by/bgizzie/djmikeyfresh djmikey

    It’s getting way to real for me.

  • Inigo Montoya

    This is cool. But for the same price, couldn’t you just hire a real person to greet people?

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  • Dexter Kanuto

    Look closely, obviously, she’s not real, becoz of her skin tone and inhuman smile.

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