Humanoid dental patient is attractive, possibly in pain
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I'm really not that into robots, but I couldn't resist this story:
Japan's future dentists may soon be able to better appreciate patients' pain by training on a humanoid robot that can mumble "ouch" when the drill hits a nerve.
Pretty cool. The story also mentions that the robot resembles an attractive young woman with long black hair and a pink sweater. (I guess this is the prototypical dental patient). Also, the humanoid can listen to instructions and react to pain by moving her eyes or hands.
But can it utter unintelligible mumbles when the dentist is drilling on a tooth while asking, "Do you have any plans for the holidays?"