Shaped Like a Friend
Jun. 9th, 2022 03:14 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
rynling"A spider as large as a small dog would be really creepy," you have probably thought at some point in your life. But please consider:
I got a walking bedside lamp. Now I'm not afraid to get up in the middle of the night and go to the bathroom
https://mobile.twitter.com/lanius/status/1533338054014169088
You probably shouldn't click on the link if you're genuinely afraid of spiders, so let me describe what's going on: It's a video of a lamp-sized white glowing cube attached to six black robotic legs that resemble spider legs. The legs move through hydraulic action in a jerky way that resembles a spider. This robot apparently lives in the house of a woman with two young children. The younger boy is a bit frightened of it, but the older girl offers her blanket to the robot and tries to play with it.
This should be uncanny, but it's actually kind of cute.
I got a walking bedside lamp. Now I'm not afraid to get up in the middle of the night and go to the bathroom
https://mobile.twitter.com/lanius/status/1533338054014169088
You probably shouldn't click on the link if you're genuinely afraid of spiders, so let me describe what's going on: It's a video of a lamp-sized white glowing cube attached to six black robotic legs that resemble spider legs. The legs move through hydraulic action in a jerky way that resembles a spider. This robot apparently lives in the house of a woman with two young children. The younger boy is a bit frightened of it, but the older girl offers her blanket to the robot and tries to play with it.
This should be uncanny, but it's actually kind of cute.
