From Liz Blackbourn
I thought my sons would be interested in the article highlighted on the front cover of your 4 February issue: “Almost human: Robots with a graceful walk, velvet tones and a gentle touch.”
However, when I mentioned this to my mother her response was that she didn’t actually know many humans like that. I wonder whether robotic scientists should instead aim to create a robot that slouches, screeches and belts anything in sight after a couple of cans of machine oil.
Shrewsbury, UK
