Terminator IV cute & cudly?

[kurohinge1]

Toshiyo Tamura, professor at the National Institute for Longevity Sciences, [spoke] about the robot therapy with eldery patients during an interview at his laborabory with dog robots and baby dolls in Ohbu, central Japan.

Having rarely seen robots, older people favor robots that are furry and huggable, and so Tamura dressed up the metallic Aibo, Sony's dog-shaped robots, in soft clothing.

Given the increasing age of the original Terminator movie fans, could the next and fourth shape/model of the Terminator be this?

[Taro Toporific]

Toshiyo Tamura, professor at the National Institute for Longevity Sciences, [spoke] about the robot therapy with eldery patients during an interview at his laborabory with dog robots and baby dolls in Ohbu, central Japan.

The oft-repeated "party line" on robot therapy is that it's part of Japanese culture...

Robotic friends
Los Angeles Daily News, CA - Apr 13, 2004... Japan, with its tradition of seeing spirits in inanimate things from rocks to yes, robots, so far has shrugged off ethical questions about substituting human ...