Attn: Shareall/HKD
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Attn: Shareall/HKD
TOKYO, Japan (Reuters) -- Need temporary help on your company's reception desk? One Japanese employment agency is suggesting you try recruiting a robot.
For just under 50,000 yen (U.S. $430) a month, a fraction of the cost of a human temp, the PeopleStaff agency will dispatch Hello Kitty Robo, a robotic receptionist capable of sensing a visitor's presence, greeting him or her and holding simple conversations.
The Nagoya-based agency is also offering the services of Ifbot, an elderly-care robot that chats and poses riddles and arithmetical problems to train the brain and help avoid dementia.
Spaceman-like Ifbot, which also quizzes people about their health, is aimed at hospitals and old peoples' homes.
A spokeswoman for PeopleStaff said it would cost more than 300,000 yen a month to employ a person for this type of work, but warned that the robots were not capable of doing everything human employees can do.
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Oh My Friggin GAWD I need that!!!
Imagine if I had that at my house? My cat would freak out!!!
Imagine if I had that at my house? My cat would freak out!!!
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$430 a month? That's a bloody car payment!
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Originally Posted by WestSideBilly,Feb 9 2006, 12:06 PM
$430 a month? That's a girlfriend!!
is this a stop this year at wtd '06?
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Originally Posted by WestSideBilly,Feb 9 2006, 11:06 AM
$430 a month? That's a bloody car payment!
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Originally Posted by Mocky,Feb 9 2006, 11:23 AM
is that the going rate for one these days?
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Originally Posted by WestSideBilly,Feb 9 2006, 12:47 PM
It's been a while but I don't think I dropped that much... of course that might be why they never work.
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30 days/10 orgasms. After that who knows WTF is going on.
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Originally Posted by WestSideBilly,Feb 9 2006, 02:07 PM
30 days/10 orgasms. After that who knows WTF is going on.