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Robot Plays MC at Wedding

by Evan Shamoon on June 21, 2007 at 08:32 AM

Robot Plays MC at Wedding

Yet another sure sign that the apocalypse is just around the corner, a robot named "Tiro" recently emceed a wedding in South Korea. The robot spoke in "female mode" at the ceremony and was accompanied by some other robots that took care of the guests and gave live performances. The creators of Tiro claim that this is the first time robots have run a wedding, and we'll bet our AIBO (no relation) it won't be the last.

How does one get a robot to perform your wedding ceremony? It seems the groom, Seok Gyeong-Jae, is an engineer who helped designed Tiro, which is valued at 200 million won ($215,053 US dollars). At this time, Tiro appears to have no functions or capabilities other than attaching a ball and chain, though its human keeps claim, "Tiro will be upgraded so that it can be used for various purposes."

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