Comments on Actroid DER2 Gets TV Commercial Gig Video
Another job lost to robots: this is really bad news for American actors who like to scam extra dough by appearing in Japanese commercials that will never be seen in the US. (Read
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"There were a few other robot tv commercials:
The John Cleese look alike has long been a favorite of mine.
http://robotworld.com/my-robots
I'd be very much obliged if someone knows of an online video of it."
(Yossi Preminger 7/28/2008 10:51:32 AM)
"Very funny - thanks Yossi. Although I would add that this video does not show a performance by an actual robot (it appears to be stop animated or CGI).
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(Bill Christensen 7/28/2008 12:42:17 PM)
"Have we hit the bottom of the "Uncanny Valley" Yet? If not, we must be getting close..."
(AJ Dual 7/28/2008 1:40:33 PM)
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