{"id":25851,"date":"2010-07-24T08:10:03","date_gmt":"2010-07-24T08:10:03","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/euvolution.com\/futurist-transhuman-news-blog\/online-shoppers-can-play-dress-up-with-a-robotic-torso-discoblog\/"},"modified":"2010-07-24T08:10:03","modified_gmt":"2010-07-24T08:10:03","slug":"online-shoppers-can-play-dress-up-with-a-robotic-torso-discoblog","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.euvolution.com\/futurist-transhuman-news-blog\/astronomy\/online-shoppers-can-play-dress-up-with-a-robotic-torso-discoblog.php","title":{"rendered":"Online Shoppers Can Play Dress-Up With a Robotic Torso | Discoblog"},"content":{"rendered":"

Add one more job to the list–along with vacuuming floors<\/a> and assisting in surgeries<\/a>, now robots can try on clothes for you. The company Fits.me<\/a> is developing a robotic torso for online shoppers that can morph to match shoppers’ body dimensions, creating virtual fitting rooms on clothing websites.<\/p>

Men can try a demo version of the product on the company’s site<\/a>. After entering measurements such as neck and waste size, and selecting from three torso types, the site displays what you might look like in a particular shirt. The torso doesn’t morph in real time; instead, the site pulls from a database of pictures–2,000 body size combinations, the company reports<\/a>, systematically showing users if pinstripes in small, medium, or large will make them look fat. Shirt sellers Hawes and Curtis is already testing a version of the system on their site.<\/p>

As reported<\/a> by the BBC, the company next hopes to develop a version of the torso for women. Maarja Kruusma a professor of biorobotics at the University of Tallinn who helped the company develop the system, told<\/a> the BBC that it’s a difficult task. Women’s clothing comes in more intricate styles, and their torsos are more complicated to model, she says:<\/p>

“You can’t just take a male mannequin and put breasts on it. That doesn’t work.”<\/p><\/blockquote>

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