Meet the happy couple: Frois and Yukirin. The first ever robot wedding is held in Japan.
A bizarre story out of Japan shows that maybe robots can love after all. In what has to be one of the weirdest events in technology, the first ever robot wedding was held in Japan on June 27. And yes, people actually attended. About 100 people showed up in Tokyo to witness the event for the price of $81. They even received special invitations featuring the robotic couple in a heart. The newlyweds are Frois, created by the company Maywa Denki, and Yukirin, an android based off the likeness of Japanese pop star Yuki Kashiwagi, and developed by Takayuki Todo. Possibly for copyright reasons, Yukirn's name was changed to “Roborin” for the ceremony. Another robot named Pepper, developed by Aldebaran for Softbank, performed the nuptials for the robotic couple. The two officially tied the knot with an awkward “kiss,” performance from a wedding band, which also featured robots, and a cake.
Maywa Denki organized the entire event. The company was started by two brothers, Masamichi and Novmbichi Tosa, as an art unit back in 1993. Once the pair began gaining notoriety, they were incorporated into Sony Music Entertainment. The duo was officially nominated as a cultural envoy for the Agency for Cultural Affairs of Japan in 2013. Guess we'll have to wait to see if this happy couple can last. Will this be one of many robot weddings to come? Who knows when it comes to Japan.
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