the Return of the man-made Muse
typed for your pleasure on 28 December 2006, at 7.39 pmSdtrk: ‘Rising sun’ by Merzbow
O, praise “Bob”, KITECH‘s remodeled EveR-2 Muse. Wow. Don’t call it a comeback, she’s been here for years…
‘What do you mean, I’m not allowed to sing anything other than K-pop??’
SEOUL, Korea (AVING) — ‘EveR-2 Muse’, designed by KITEC (Korea Institute of Industrial Technology), is the world’s first entertainer-robot. She had been first introduced last October and since then she even had ranked fourth with her first song on a certain website popularity poll.
Her skin is made of silicon material; 60 joints in her face, neck, and lower body enable her to demonstrate various facial expressions and some dance moves. She is 161cm tall and weighs 60kg, average figures of Korean women in their twenties.
(quote taken from here)
As an indie album title once put it: We have the facts and we’re voting Yes. Her upgrades from the previous EveR-1 version include an increase in height from 160 cm to 170 cm, improved CCD cameras for eyes, and silicone flesh that apparently covers her whole body. Is that a fact. *tugs at collar*
And speaking of her eyes; call me crazy, but I love EveR-2 Muse’s eyes — they look grey. You don’t see that too often in an eye colour, and that’s pretty unique. Unfortunately, her dress sense is still crap. Ah well; perhaps that’ll be her next upgrade.
KITECH, you have my approval, so keep up the good work! Just… mind her neck next time, eh?
Technorati tags: Android, Gynoid, EveR-1, EveR-2 Muse, KITECH
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December 29th, 2006 at 10.37 am
I dunno, those last two thumbnails have some disturbing eyeball positioning to them. Probably just the silicone face covering shifting a bit, but still, she looks a bit addled.
December 31st, 2006 at 2.44 am
Now that I think about it, that’s probably due to her eyelids opening a bit too wide. Kobayashi Labs’ Android SAYA had that problem as well.
Still, not entirely detrimental, but I would say that…