A child-sized android with flexible joints and soft skin developed by the Japan Science and Technology Agency was unveiled Friday at Osaka University, where the agency’s research and development team is based.
The 1.3-meter-tall, 33 kilogram humanoid robot has optical, auditory and tactile sensors. Fifty-one actuators inside its body run on compressed air and enable the robot to make complex movements smoothly.
Japan child robot mimicks infant learning
The creators of the Child-robot with Biomimetic Body, or CB2, say it's slowly developing social skills by interacting with humans and watching their facial expressions, mimicking a mother-baby relationship.
Robotic realism?
The only problem being that unlike the real thing, CB2 is neither comical nor cute – far from it in fact.The not so little fella’s freakishly real – and at the same time not real – features quite possibly putting people off having kids forever.
Although that said, his (or indeed her) loving look up at its ‘father’ is possibly enough to melt even the coldest of hearts.
Sources:
- YouTube - Most disturbing robot ever (Japanese child robot)
- Creepy Robot Baby CB2 | Japan Probe
- Japan child robot mimicks infant learning
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- Robotic realism? — Tokyo Times
- YouTube - Creepy Child Robot
- YouTube - Japon Çocuk Robot CB2
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