Guests paid about $81 to witness the marriage.
By Raif Karerat
WASHINGTON, DC: In what is being called the first of its kind in the history of nuptials, two robots have tied the knot in Japan.
Each attendee paid about $81 to witness the groom, Frois — a boxy red and silver robot that harkened back to the vintage era of science fiction and wore a bow tie — and Yukirin — a humanoid fashioned in the likeness of Japanese pop star Yuki Kashiwagi — enter holy matrimony.
Pepper, SoftBank’s popular robot, officiated the wedding before the audience of human and robot guests, according to Digital Trends. Frois and Yukirin even shared a kiss, during which the groom ejected a silver disc out of its mouth in the vein of one of H.R. Geiger’s aliens.
Cake, music performed by both robots and humans, and dancing were also on the docket, according to the Daily Mail.
While the event was billed as a robot marriage, it is not a legally binding marriage, reported Kotaku.
The event was organized by Maywa Denki, which produces electronic accessories and designed Frois.
Mayway Denki is a legend in modern-day Japan, according to RT. Two brothers, Masamichi and Novmbichi Tosa, started it as an art unit back in 1993. At the start of their rise to fame the duo was incorporated into Sony Music Entertainment.
The pair – who wear blue costumes symbolic of Japan’s small to medium electronic stores in their heyday – was officially nominated as a cultural envoy for the Agency for Cultural Affairs of Japan in 2013, as they celebrated their 20th anniversary.