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The album cover for Down for the Count by Y&T (1985) features a female robot being bitten in the neck by a vampire. [65] The album cover for Just Push Play by Aerosmith (2001) features a "curvy female robot in a Marilyn Monroe-like pose.". [66] The robot was designed by Hajime Sorayama. [67] [68] [69] [7]
Artificial human companions may be any kind of hardware or software creation designed to give companionship to a person. [1] Various types of large language models (LLMs) are used in the development of AI-based human companions. [ 2 ]
A companion robot is a robot created to create real or apparent companionship for human beings. [1] Target markets for companion robots include the elderly [ 2 ] and single children. [ 3 ] Companions robots are expected to communicate with non-experts in a natural and intuitive way.
A robotics company produces or manufactures and sells robots for domestic or industrial use. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] In the 21st century, investment in robotics companies has grown due to increasing demand for automation.
Litman founded the robotics company in 2017 and by November 2023, it had $85 million in funding from technology, wellness and hospitality backers. The Aescape massage table's padded face cradle ...
The Mechanical Cow (1927), cartoon companion of Oswald the Lucky Rabbit; The Iron Man (1930), a robot man delivered to Farmer Al Falfa. Mechanical Racehorse built by Bosko in Ups 'n Downs (1931) Mechanical Man (1932), a robot opponent of Oswald the Lucky Rabbit; The Robot, constructed from an automobile by Bimbo to win a boxing match, in this ...
Sophia is a female social humanoid robot developed in 2016 by the Hong Kong–based company Hanson Robotics. [1] Sophia was activated on February 14, 2016, [2] and made her first public appearance in mid-March 2016 at South by Southwest (SXSW) in Austin, Texas, United States. [3]
The portmanteau "fembot" (feminine robot) was used as far back as 1959, in Fritz Leiber's The Silver Eggheads, applying specifically to non-sentient female sexbots. [5] It was popularized by the television series The Bionic Woman in the episode "Kill Oscar" (1976) [6] and later used in the Austin Powers films, [7] among others.