Will you be willing to give your face to be put on thousands of robots worldwide for Rs 91,02,179 (100,000 pounds)? No, we are not just making this up. A start-up tech company is actually looking for a 'kind and friendly' face to put on their robots.<\/p>\n
The unnamed firm is looking for human faces for the robots, which will be used as virtual friends for elderly people, and for the same, they have lodged a request with the company Geomiq.com.<\/p>\n
Geomiq wrote that they were approached by a robotics company to help with the finishing touches to a 'state-of-art humanoid robot.' They did not give out a lot of details about the company due to a non-disclosure agreement that they have signed.<\/p>\n
The company knows that it is an unusual request and that it is a big deal, which is why they are ready to pay so much money. The robots are set to go into production next year.<\/p>\n
People are a little concerned about this demand and are asking why can't the company just make a new face exactly like Sophia, the social humanoid robot developed by Hong Kong based company Hanson Robotics.<\/p>\n
Technology reporter Rowland Manthorpe took to his Twitter account to call it a bad sci-fi plot. He wrote, \"Bad sci-fi plot alert. This unnamed company is looking for someone to be the face of its robot, which will be used as a 'virtual friend' for elderly people. It's offering 100,000 for the rights to your face in perpetuity.\"<\/p>\n
Another Twitter user wrote, \"Even I wouldn't have my face \"in perpetuity\" to which a person responded saying, \"Who would?! I grew a beard to hide mine.\"<\/p>\n
Would you be willing to give your face?<\/p>\n
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