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The Termin-actor
Nov 28 2008, 1:56 PM EST | Post edited: Nov 28 2008, 1:56 PM EST
A PLAY with a difference has opened in Japan – it's cast is half robot, half human.
The theatrical production stars a pair of Mitsubishi's 'Wakamura' robots alongside two human actors.
The robots play two depressed household servants who work for a young couple.
But the robots grow tired of their mundane lifestyle and long to break free and see the world.
The 20-minute piece titled Hataraku Watashi (I, Worker) was written by Japanese playwright Oriza Hirata and opened this week at Osaka University.

Video at this link
http://www.thesun.co.uk/sol/homepage/news/article1983887.ece
The robots cannot use facial movements to express emotions so instead tilt their heads and make sounds.
The first night of the play received rave reviews.
“It was very surprising,” said one guest.
“You could see the robots thinking about how to respond - you could swear they were feeling emotion.” Do you find this valuable?    
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aceplace57
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1. RE: The Termin-actor
Nov 28 2008, 1:59 PM EST | Post edited: Nov 28 2008, 1:59 PM EST
well, I screwed up and pasted the link in the middle of the articl.
We can't edit. so that's the way it will stay.

there's also 3 really cute pics of the robots. Do you find this valuable?    
aceplace57
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2. RE: The Termin-actor
Nov 28 2008, 2:34 PM EST | Post edited: Nov 28 2008, 2:34 PM EST
bump Do you find this valuable?