Robot Actors To Take The Stage In 2010
Posted on: Wednesday, 26 November 2008, 10:20 CST
Acting robots are now making their way to debut on the Japanese stage.
The play will be one of Japan's first robot-human theatre productions and will premiere at Osaka University.
The robots were specifically designed to speak lines with human actors and move around the stage with them.
Oriza Hirata, the playwright, says the work raises questions about the relationship between humanity and technology.
The play, called Hataraku Watashi (I, Worker), is set to be in the future.
The focus of the play is on a young couple who own two housekeeping robots, one of which loses its motivation to work.
Later in the play, the robot complains that it has been forced to do boring and demeaning jobs and enters a discussion with the humans about its role in their lives.
The play is only 20 minutes long so far, but it is hoped to become a full-length production by 2010.
Mitsubishi manufactures the Wakamaru robot, which stands at 3 ft. tall and is best known for mechanical house-sitting and secretary work. The software for the stage took about two months at the university to develop.
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