Tokyo: Almost everyone stood when the bride walked down the aisle in her white gown, but not the wedding conductor, because she was bolted to her chair.
The nuptials at this ceremony were led by I-Fairy, a 1.5-metre tall seated robot with flashing eyes and plastic pigtails. Yesterday's wedding was the first time a marriage had been led by a robot, according to manufacturer Kokoro Co.
"Please lift the bride's veil," the robot said in a tinny voice, waving its arms in the air as the newlyweds kissed in front of about 50 guests.
Behind the curtain
The wedding took place at a restaurant in Hibiya Park in central Tokyo, where the I-Fairy wore a wreath of flowers and directed a rooftop ceremony. Wires led out from beneath it to a black curtain a few metres away, where a man crouched and clicked commands into a computer.
The bride, Satoko Inoue, works at the company which made the robot. The groom, Tomohiro Shibata, is a professor at a university teaching robotics.
Inoue said she wanted the robot "to be part of the most important event of my life".
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