tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26741618.post60592981144056299..comments2024-02-28T02:22:20.886-08:00Comments on homunculus: Shaking hands with robotsPhilip Ballhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09986655706443117158noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26741618.post-16609846287652178982009-11-24T04:08:31.889-08:002009-11-24T04:08:31.889-08:00With regard to your observations on research into ...With regard to your observations on research into the challenges involved in simulating the qualities of human skin, I wonder whether you share what I fear is a common case of deliberate blindness (or is it prudishness) over the the fact that one of the most likely applications of robot technology in human-to-human interactions is as sophisticated sex toys. <br /><br />I can claim some direct experience here, having visited the Cybernetic Serendipity exhibition at the ICA in 1968 where there was a 'sex simulator' designed by the eccentric inventor, Bruce Lacey.<br /><br />I guess there can't be many people around who can claim to have lost their virginity to a robot. Maybe I was ahead of my time.omnivoristhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14490810525770374999noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26741618.post-27746864324741046732009-10-15T01:45:41.749-07:002009-10-15T01:45:41.749-07:00John-John Cabibihan has told me that his paper has...John-John Cabibihan has told me that his paper has in fact been published already in the International Journal of Social Robotics, vol. 1, p.29-40 (Jan. 2009).Philip Ballhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09986655706443117158noreply@blogger.com