We fought the urge to delete the inclusion of “hot-bot” as part of our description of Arcee from the forthcoming Transformers film, and still feel a little strange about it. Now Sega has announced its E.M.A. (Eternal, Maiden, Actualization) complete with “kissing” function.
Do we feel that: A) The female form is being exploited B) Is an unnerving and unnecessary function or C) Our overactive imaginations can see where this might all end up?
The multifunctional “toy” has all the usual singing, dancing, steering around obstacle functionality you’d expect, with fully articulated joints. It’s only when she senses your face near hers that she lets her smooch loose.
You might think you have seen her before, but it seems she is well placed as an adversary for the affections of Wowwee’s Robosapien because back at CES earlier this year we saw Femisapien in action, who seems to have a very similar CV to E.M.A. minus the “love mode”.
Automatons across the world will be rubbing their plastic thighs in anticipation tonight.
