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You really need to see just how bad these things are:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cJlxkLawZrw
It's a slightly animatronic mannequin. They're so garbage. This is what they brought to CES to show off, like they're proud of it. Tickle Me Elmo was more life-like.
This is absolutely pathetic. Love the way they have no idea what to do with their arms, but desperately try to do something anyway, at a glacial pace, I assume because any faster could throw them off-balance... And they just end up stuck in the most awkward, unnatural poses anyway.