Usually during a wedding people stand and turn to watch the bride gracefully walk down the aisle. Well consider that a thing of the past, at least for now. If you have ever dreamed of being hitched by R2-D2 instead of an old pasty priest then your dreams may soon be coming to fruition. Thank the Japanese for offering the world’s first wedding ceremony lead by a robot.
Known as the “I-Fairy,” this four foot tall robot manufactured by Kokoro Co. wed a couple on Sunday. The wedding took place at a restaurant located in Tokyo, and hosted a respectable number of people. In all honesty, it’s surprising that more people didn’t show up to the wedding just to check out the gnarly robot wedding the two.
Adorned in a lovely flowered head dress, the “I-Fairy” threatened to steal all the attention a bride is suppose to get on her big day. Thankfully the bride was more of a pleasure to witness than a four foot Johnny Number Five like robot.
The bride Satoko Inouye and groom Tomohiro Shibata first met because of Kokoros’ robot, so it only made sense to the two to be married by the robot. The Japanese are well known for leading the way in robotics, hopefully they can deliver a robot maid like The Jetsons Rosie sooner than later, because man my house is a mess, best of luck to the two newlyweds.
For more info-
http://poproxnation.thekartel.com/blog/2010/05/16/r2-d2_could_be_at_your_wedding_in_the_near_future
