We might laugh at the crustacean now, wondering how the heck did it fall for a robot, but think about the future when robots cross the Uncanny Valley and become so lifelike, I won't be surprised to hear of humans and robots (who passed the Turing Test, of course) lobbying for them to get their marriages recognized at federal and state level. I digress – to keep things in perspective, researchers actually waved four sets of Robocrab arms in order to attract the attention of a live female, and one of them was successful enough that she ran towards the set – only to be disappointed, I suppose.
Ubergizmo, Robocrab arms turn on the charm, woos female successfully
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