Wonder When Starbucks Will Be Getting These?

Tuckerfan · Mar 27, 2012

Japan builds handshaking robot. If sex is what really drives technology, I think you can figure out what it'll mostly be used for pretty quickly.

Video conferencing can be a cold and impersonal way to conduct business, but researchers at Osaka University in Japan think they can change that by having the participants first perform a tele-handshake using a robot hand that matches the other person's grip.

In order to make the handshake feel as real as possible, the researchers made the hand from soft silicone filled with a sponge-like material. It's not quite the perfect human analogue, but they then heat up its outer layer to around 37°C, slightly warmer than an actual human, which when combined with a grip that matches the person on the other end is apparently enough to create a convincing handshake.

Of course if it doesn't catch on as a business tool—which it probably won't—there's no doubt there's still going to be plenty of interest for this contraption for single lonely males who have another kind of business in mind.
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Video of the thing in action at the link.

Fisherman's Worf · Mar 27, 2012

They would need to go through some serious testing and debugging before I put my cock near an automaton strong enough to rip off my cock.

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