In what seems to be an awesome PR stunt by the Japanese robot maker Kokoro Ltd, a Japanese couple us the first couple to get hitched by a robot. The “priest” is better known as the i-Fairy, a four-foot tall robot usually sold as a guide to direct traffic at exhibits and museums.

The couple, Satoko Inoue and Tomohiro Shibata, said that they wanted to show that robots can fit into our everyday lives. The bride (Satoko) works for Kokoro Ltd and the groom is a customer.

Japan is home to almost half the world's 800,000 industrial robots and expects the industry to expand to $10 billion.

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