Japanese Couple Married by Robot

A couple in Japan’s capital Tokyo are the first in the world to be married by a robot.

Tomohiro Shibata and Satoko Inoue like robots, so much so they didn’t want a priest or a judge to marry them, they wanted a robot. So, at a rooftop restaurant in Tokyo the two were joined in matrimony by Kokoro Co.’s I-FAIRY robot.

Kokoro’s I-FAIRY is capable of generating natural seeming movements like head nods and arm gestures based up on the speech it has been loaded with. The couple said that as robots had brought them together – they both work in the robotics industry – having one officiate over their wedding was a natural choice.

This is all a ploy, of course, so when the robot uprising comes, we’re caught off guard. Just wait, you’ll see.

Source: BBC