Meet Life-Sized Humanoid Robot Mark 1

At age 42, Hong Kong designer Ricky Ma spent a little more than a year and $50,000 working on his childhood dream of building a life-sized humanoid robot.
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Meet Life-Sized Humanoid Robot Mark 1 | CNBC

[@VSPG_SIVANI]

Her, I mean it's jaw movement is like KA KA KA KA KA KA KA KA KA KA KA KA KA KA KA KA KA KA KA KA......

[@mystiqueufopirate218]

Vln Murthy omg you're right and I just busted out laughing at reading your comment lol

[@jayway5779]

me tooooo xD

[@beenusirimanne374]

lol good one mate. tru do. Xddddd

[@travisgrady3798]

Hey, it's an ad for the upcoming Ghost In The Shell movie xD

[@fronatomy6280]

Just like anime.

[@negativejam2188]

That mouth motion is terrifying

[@jasonli930]

Right, how about you go build a robot then, lets see how well that goes xD

[@the_tablemaster4971]

yeah i think im gonna have nightmares about that now....

[@rexhowells7015]

Not a patch on Sophia

[@JohnSmith-uu5ov]

You wouldn't want to put anything into its mouth, well anything you wanted to keep, any how.

[@AJlion]

WHO THINKS THE MOUTH MAKES IT LOOK POSSESSED???

[@MrAutobogg]

You are experiencing the "uncanny valley" effect creeping you out.

[@trymeyousneakassbtch3632]

+MrAutobogg you look familiar

[@User_36827]

ME IT SCARED ME TO DEATH

[@Vatha9]

Reminds me a poorly dubbed chinese kung-fu movie.

[@mlgproplayer2915]

lol

[@tyrstark8673]

It looks like Scarlet Johanson trying to chew very hot fries.

[@jumpingjellyfish9596]

How hilarious.... good one!!

[@yehdekhlobhai.]

🤣🤣

[@LUckybones25]

😂🤣😂🤣😂🤣

[@nwonomad]

🤣😂🤣😂

[@nataytaydoesgames2708]

C'mon everyone, that's a robotic Scarlett Johansson. I bet the creator didn't make it to be just a talking robot...

[@AlphaFlight]

NatetheGaminTiger if you know what I'm saying..... ;)

[@exdrus2480]

NatetheGaminTiger OHHHH YEAAA

[@exdrus2480]

In all holes XD

[@cocoa1249]

the person who made the robot is dr eggman

[@nandirashafira558]

i was thinking that i'm the only one who thought like thag

[@gamestargs6386]

Mouth movement needs work. Serious work.

[@deanmadnut2614]

Yeah and the voice lol

[@En_theo]

looks like a sexdoll with servo motors. Not that I would know anything about sexdolls.

[@danA-xn4bz]

Yep 😂😂😂

[@the_tablemaster4971]

YAAAASSS

[@weebros5286]

Yup ( ͡° ͜ʖ ͡°)

[@MaximilianonMars]

WTF is with that mouth action?

[@ehzade]

+Max Falto I DON'T KNOW MAN I CAN'T STOP LAUGHING DAMN THIS IS ABSURD LOOOOOOL

[@wdd3141]

Right. Her mouth reminds me of that of a ventriloquist's dummy.

[@kidwar1937]

+wdd3141 Me too

[@ValmisFilm]

I see no future for her as a sexrobot...

[@therealfestus2472]

+ValmisFilm you dont see far.

[@AimlessMoto]

Just don't put anything you value in it's mouth and ask a question....

[@flumpftelly6719]

lmao

[@HungNguyen-fh5fl]

AimlessMoto v

[@GuardianTiger]

AimlessMoto you saw that too? Hahaha

[@ericak3636]

Lol

[@Richjunior1]

You guys need Jesus in your lives I need that sexbot!

[@loveever89]

When it started talking and it's mouth was opening, I was like run! It's out of controlled.

[@glitchy-om2rl]

loveever89 to me it looked hungry XD like om nomnom

[@loveever89]

glitchy the wolf Lol, it's a bit eerie.

[@glitchy-om2rl]

loveever89 nah, she just wants a snickers XD

[@papichulio1]

agreed they still need to work that out cause that is realy strange

[@rossjaeger1093]

It's out of *controlled*

[@SS-du7tr]

The realism is astonishing!! Just like a beautiful girl in real life everything is perfect until she opens her mouth.

[@nictanghe98]

This robot is 100% old tech.

[@j9053-m4h]

+Nic Tanghe Old tech is not this sexy. I would buy one.

[@Durplepurple94572]

ikr atleast the one that hanson robotics put together does facial expressions.

[@24yrukdesigner]

5 nights at Freddys

[@robinbaby1971]

They do not really understand your comment. This is old technology. The new models been amongst us. Jimmy Carter was probably the first to use one. Even tho the Russians made it.

[@MrJinxmaster1]

I love that thing where peoples mouths sound like motors.

[@love4rico]

She looks like Scarlett Johanson

[@miggysfuntime2120]

that is her not the real her tho

[@chotaltilldude7344]

For a sec i thought u are Jacob

[@Darkfreed0m]

She even has the same acting skills!

[@noirpuff]

mxcy She is a recreate of her!!!

[@scottm.peters1473]

Yeah, I think she's ugly too.

[@kenwhis2562]

I lost it when she started moving her mouth obnoxiously when she talked😂😂😂😂

[@jord19100]

I guess the creator of this robot had a crush on scarlett Johanson

[@Yukiokoba]

Oh my god you can see the resemblance too huh? Hahah!

[@TheFlamingPike]

He probably likes nutcrackers too.

[@MrLenagreece]

Jordan Scarlett Johansson? Why?

[@thisbrokengeneration3392]

LenaHellas Looks exactly like her. At 0:31 you can tell he modelled her face

[@luciano9755]

I mean, who doesn't?

[@kirtij2441]

Just look at 0:31 the face looks like Scarlett Johansson even without the eyes and hair. They definitely modeled the robot after her!

[@andrewkeener5480]

It's an animatronic puppet. Walt disney has had this tech for a long time.

[@andrewkeener5480]

LOL! I wish! No, animatronic human puppets. That's about all this is.

[@andrewkeener5480]

Its still an illusion. it tracks a face but has no idea what they are responding to. It just responds like Google does when you ask a question. Nothing new here.

[@PearlieCake]

The human mind is impossible to create Nobody can distinguish and create the human mind - my 8th grade english teacher

[@Pop77o7]

I wonder what will happen when Scarlet Johanson meets this thing lol

[@richardturner6981]

Pop77o7 She'll probably freak out

[@jen8rve]

The speech is a little funky, but a dead ringer for ScarJo-amazing

[@andrewresto4751]

The mouth is kinda disturbing

[@the_tablemaster4971]

KINDA DISTURBING?

[@As_Arturas]

I spit my drink when i saw that mouth moving, hahaha.

[@matthewrose2144]

Are we just going to gloss over the creeper fantasy fulfillment of the robotics team making a robot that looks like a nightmare Scarlett Johansson? It seems like something Steve and his friends would do on American Dad...

[@slaymarie_rdh_2B]

I totally agree

[@jennysanimations4181]

SHE LOOKS SO REALISTIC!!

[@leyIand]

Dude, she's literally just Siri come to life.

[@user-n5jsxi9]

Yeah that’s what I think she looks like Siri When she comes back to life.

[@wakham11]

When a Robot is more good looking than you 😂

[@hokutonokenny]

Taking the concept of "waifu" up another level. Your move, Japan.

[@brihanna9773]

When the guy said " You are so cute " she / Mark 1 replied with " Yes, thank you " and a wink.

[@DrShaym]

The way it moves reminds me of the robot impostor queen from Disney's _The Great Mouse Detective_.

[@TheKaukas]

Mouth movements are so natural

[@theshizzles]

lol It makes me think she's just saying FA FA FA FA FAFAFAF

[@KingOfChaos213]

Just like the real thing...

[@thisisaname5589]

They ought to talk to some video game programmers that work on facial animation.

[@BrandonNinja]

This is highly impressive he made this all by himself.

[@crippledeyes8793]

The future, where deep ocean exploration shall be pioneered by robots in high heels.

[@phillipanderson7398]

and the Moon and Mars and planets that take a few hundred years to travel to.

[@anoopsinghgill9471]

It is totally unreal like a Barbie doll. Requires a whole lot of new algorithms to get her mouth and facial movements synchronous. Sophia is not perfect but a whole lot better than Mark 1. Best of luck for the future.

[@pantherman8719]

Because Mark 1 is made for somethin else.

[@tubestick00]

he fantasizes about his robot for sure

[@richardturner6981]

What man wouldn't?

[@SalkisRe]

Scarlett Johansson should be freaking out right now!!!

[@Jenema2]

she looks a bit like scarlet Johansen

[@RantTherapist]

Lol they probably modeled her after her but won't admit it

[@elielis6]

She is definitely modeled after her, even the mole in her face

[@leebaldwin6015]

a bit?

[@LoveMyZJ]

That is one of the creepiest things I have seen in quite some time.

[@lurkerrekrul]

Wow, it's so lifelike that I had to remind myself that it's only a machine! I'll bet it gets mistaken for the real Scarlett Johansson all the time!

[@dwightturner3070]

The robotic figures in Disney World's Carousel of Progress, developed in 1974, is as good or better than today's robots.

[@matthewseneris6095]

these guys wasted 1.5 years

[@fanfam]

Lets put it on another way. These guys are the cradle of a new ''species'' and with that the end of us.

[@lairdriver]

fanfam how can you even say that?!

[@indianmale2187]

@@fanfam i see the point

[@fanfam]

@@indianmale2187 Yes it is and still is. For many people pointing something out straight forward right in their faces makes them attack me. Fact are facts. Also gen modification will indeed make us less human. We are a product of nature. Billions of years in progress and now we think we can do it better. We will be wrong if you look at the fact that everything we as humans touch will be destroyed. Now we touch our own bodies and we will destroy it, only to repair it with yet more modification and on and on... until there is nothing left to fight for.

[@SunilKumar-qj7ud]

Wow I love robots

[@queenjay1144]

how they talk is weird there mouth like twitches uncontrollably

[@Steve-fe4lq]

At least Sophia's mouth movements are a little less creepy than Mark 1's. And the sound of the jaw servo.....horrid!

[@khdayskh1314]

Kudos to the creator for not making it fall within the uncanny valley...but when it talks, It looks like a real person that has a crazy jaw disorder.

[@rebecam.8397]

She looks like Scarlett Johnson

[@Taco-sw9hq]

This is why our future is doomed, we need to fight this.

[@heatheryearwood9199]

These beautiful inventions will make humans realize how we under value ourselves we will start to enhance our minds in order to over ride the speed of the electronics of the AI, and hopefully re discover ourselves ...New horizons are ahead for humans who let go of the mundane everyday routines and pass them to the AI.

[@phillipanderson7398]

well if AI is weaponised you may have to.

[@metairl]

Did they intentionally make her to look like Scarlett Johansson or...??

[@tismody101]

Ikr

[@Hunter725R]

This new Trailer for Ghost in the Shell looks great!

[@petermarianniedzwiedz1657]

At first I was a bit skeptical whether and to what extent USA, Japan and China are technologically really that far in artificial robot intelligence! But when I saw this video, I am fully convinced that we are probably still further and that the film Terminator is becoming more and more concrete and could also be implemented truthfully! „x“

[@ahmadfaris8044]

I came to the comment section just to find out that I'm laughing so much reading about jokes on mouth movement😂😂😂🤣

[@Haujaf]

in future we cannot trust any poeple because of the fricking robot IM GONNA BUILD A WALL

[@sharvesh1942]

lol

[@Haujaf]

maybe build a burning wall xD

[@robdebank1564]

IMAGE WAKING UP AFTER A NIGHT OUT ONLY 2 FIND THE STUNNING BLONDE UR HAD A GOOD NIGHT IS A HUMANLIKE ANDROID WOWW

[@linalool3182]

you will build a wall and make the robots pay for it???

[@isabellamoncada3105]

That is true

[@xobripxo]

It's a Deviant from Detroit Becoming Human!

[@Theye101499]

that's Scarlet Johansson

[@Harcix]

100%

[@Food4thought1234]

She reminds me of those old school Chinese movies where the mouth moves out of sync with the words.. Haha

[@runningwiththewolves64]

The moves of her mouth isn' t real and her voice too

[@coolcheeto8550]

Good obseRvation.

[@juancpgo]

oh REALLY? your attention to detail deserves a high paid job in tech

[@runningwiththewolves64]

Juan The moves of her mouth aren't a detail!

[@coolcheeto8550]

*_explosive facepalm_*

[@juancpgo]

Sarina Waumiau. exactly

[@user-le8zv8hs8x]

Love that they taught it to flirt and wink XD

[@greenglassblock1324]

considering it is literally a mark 1 I would have expected nothing more than a jittery, weird looking and inhuman skeleton, not this. it could use some fine tuning but it is surprisingly smooth.

[@jerryberry1288]

that face is the face of nightmare😂

[@Cnw8701]

I think we all know why she was modeled after Scarlett Johansson! 🙄😏

[@khl2445]

journalist: can it talk? me:

[@AetherMinecraft225]

NOM NOM NOM NOM NOM NOM

[@andeeott1489]

They modeled this after Scarlett Johansson, didn't they? Creepy.

[@DwightMS1]

I think I can predict the first application of these machines, and I'll bet you're thinking the same thing.

[@seanmurphy4465]

Doing the laundry? 🤷‍♂️

[@musictherapy8375]

2019: Aww she's so cute to do any harm to anyone. 2070:Head Robo says: Mark 1, You have done a great job by making humans attract towards u so we can finish them off.

[@mr0scary]

Is it supposed to look like Scarelett Johansson?

[@dnpancakes5452]

The mouth action though my god man 😂😂😂

[@Thundralight]

its mouth ain't right at all

[@jammerc64]

I cried when she started to move her mouth :D

[@RobertSarlijaGaming]

this is Scarlet Johansson! omg i want one, how mutch ? :D

[@CommandoMaster]

Not like u can afford one.

[@iterminator987]

The engineer who designed her is a Black Widow fan

[@camaro-bk7wz]

There is no way a robot can replace a real human being!! To have as a sexual partner!!

[@heatheryearwood9199]

Oh yes they can ...

[@madninjagatoshadow9548]

Robot speaking to me: "Warning Capacity Overload!"

[@24ecko]

A talking "female" robot. Like we don't have plenty of those already.

[@frimpungping]

even the guy sounded like a robot "you're so cute" beeboop beeboop!

[@dannynelson1213]

It looks like scarlet Johansson

[@adamtapz9051]

MaXier Fox it's suposed to

[@neoslayerpw8230]

*"Look, boss, found an old nutcracker"*

[@zohrabhati7889]

Atleast she is not bald like sofia

[@craigcollins1865]

I wonder how many Chinese engineers have been castrated by this robotic Scarlett Johansson

[@axeloconnor4618]

Oh god synth

[@johnnyson7474]

wow she's better than the original one!

[@Leon-pn6rb]

*CREEPY A F*

[@hangarby10]

This technology is only going to get better and vastly sophisticated...remember how personal computing took off since the late 70s...

[@biswatjitpanda2716]

She is so beautiful

[@uptilhail3496]

how about me

[@biswatjitpanda2716]

Cultist u too

[@AWSOMEPOSSUM16]

Great teaser trailer for Ghost in the Shell. Really looking forward to it!

[@oneyedthing]

The creator has a thing for Black Widow

[@cosminogloocosy1154]

She's beautiful just in "shut up" mode XD

[@pencylolayahbless7480]

Demonic

[@dramawind]

1980: "In 2010 we will have perfected AI."

[@the_real_vdegenne]

and yet another useless robot that can't find a way to reduce famine or help people to a better life.

[@skumpkin5191]

Building robots is a hobby dude, and we don't have the tech or funding for such a thing. All the robots being built are experiments, being shown so people can share discoveries. Not everything is going to come when you want it to.

[@the_real_vdegenne]

i didn't ask for your stupid answer, i didn't even ask a question, that was rhetorical. And even if you tried to disapprove my comment it was a big fail because firstly this robot is far from being really useful for the science to improve (many robots of this type are being made already) and secondly we have the knowledge and skills to make more useful robots for the society (when i say robots i mean both software and hardware independently) not that Johanson-like shark-toothed stupid robots, even national websites have more intelligent answering-questions virtual bots.. Again, those stupid robot manufacturers just hope for money from selling them, not having in mind to improve the quality of individuals. And come on we are in 2016, those stupid robot makers are just making more mess in the standardisation of robot manufacturing and slow down the improvement in the field, so how can these experiments can give any help. still none.. that was rhetorical again. just another tip for making yourself more intelligent: read about the uncanny valley and you'll understand also why trying to make very realistic robots is bottomless.

[@skumpkin5191]

+Valentin Degenne Lmao get some hemroid creme kiddo relax xD

[@the_real_vdegenne]

stfu with your cartoons kiddo yourself

[@brightestlight9462]

famine is the cause of a lack of proper distribution. we have plenty of food to go around, but it's not equally distributed because that takes money that people don't want to spend.

[@jeangr3y]

That mouth movement is perfect for zombie robots. Now, teach it how to run and chase anyone. :D

[@defiantone1593]

Out of all the hot women in the world and they pick her to replicate. Creators must be avengers fanboys.

[@alexandersalz5850]

best voice localisation ever :DD i mean who doesnt constantly smash his teeth together while talking? :'D

[@MyRennae]

It's Scarlett Johansson's doppelganger. They did that on purpose? I guess most Japanese people really love her face. Even the director of Ghost in the Shell was happy with her playing the Major.

[@user-tb5fq3qx9g]

The bots will continue to be improved so they are finally so near human looking. The future for MANY men

[@phillipanderson7398]

And I am sure there will be a male version too.

[@thefuturechannellol4993]

OMG that wink At the end tough xD 😂😂😂😂 but.. Congrats whoever made this robot. You guys are genius. But please make a more proper her moving mouth. That will be more awesome.

[@bridgettholman4074]

She is very smart and beautiful!

[@dawae2162]

Dude, what happened with the comment section, it's totally different from other human sized robot video, people definitely judge by looks

[@gatekeepersacredshapes]

lol when the robot talks I think of a shark going nam nam nam nam nam nam naamm!!

[@purbalisingh3310]

Soo beautiful

[@jamesroper4952]

I'm relieved to see that robotics still has a long way to go before they figure out to make a real life terminator.