Acting Robots

Two Wakamaru robots have been cast in pivotal roles in a new pay called "hataraku Watashi (I, Worker)," which premiered Tuesday at Osaka University.  This play is set in the near future, as of now it is only 20 minutes in length, with plans to reach full length soon.  

The play focuses on a couple who own two housekeeping robots, one of which loses its motivation to work and engages its owners in a discussion of its boring and demeaning existence.  

The robots were built by Mitsubishi and are only three-feet tall, they are usually found as greeters and companions, but custom software developed at the university allows them to move around the stage with their human co-stars and deliver lines.  

After reading this article I kept trying to imagine robots acting, and I couldn't.  Lets hope that these robots don't take over for Brad Pitt and Julia Roberts in the future.

-Carly Youngren