Apparently a Japanese couple tied the knot over the weekend with
a robot presiding over the wedding. That's, uh, that's a terrible
idea if I've ever heard one.
The I-Fairy normally spends its time doling out directions in
museums and the like, but Satoko Inoue, who is herself an employee
of Kokoro, wanted it at her wedding. "I always felt that robots
would become more integrated into people's everyday lives," the
bride said. "This cute robot is part of my company, I decided that
I would love to have it at my ceremony."
Tomohiro Shibato, the groom, is a professor of robotics and has
quite a bit to thank the I-Fairy for: "It's true that robots are
what caused us to first begin going out, and as suggested by my
wife, we decided that we wanted to try this sort of wedding."
Apparently it's all official, too, though maybe that's because
the I-Fairy was controlled by a human operator during the
wedding.
