Eyedrop robot at high-tech medical devices expo

A smorgasbord of new medical devices are on display through tomorrow at the International Modern Hospital Show 2006 in Toyko, Japan, and we're seeing some impressive robots get face time at the expo. Specifically, a lovable teardrop-shaped unit caught our, um, eye; the Muu Socia 3.0 is a brilliant social mediator that facilitates conversation between the care giver and care taker by adding interjections and livening up the chat (saywha?). This little fella is pretty advanced, too: voice recognition, voice synthesis, speech recognition, and even facial recognition aren't beyond its abilities. Who wouldn't want a colorful cyclopic raindrop around in case the small talk gets stale? And don't even think of turning your back on it; just watch it get a little jumpy when something gets in the line of duty.

[Via Pink Tentacle]

[detroityianni @ Jul 14th 2006 10:01AM]

omg im not sleeping tonight.

[steve @ Jul 14th 2006 10:11AM]

Reminds me of digimon and the Pokemon unown

[kenny @ Jul 14th 2006 10:23AM]

I don't know about anyone else, but those eye-drop-things.... really freak me out...

[Steven @ Jul 14th 2006 10:25AM]

I guess this gives new meaning to "iChat"?

*rim shot*

Thank you, I'll be here til Tuesday. Tip your waitress and try the veal.

[Yaya @ Jul 14th 2006 10:47AM]

Anyone here ever play the original Dragon Warrior for Nintendo? Those things definitely look like the slimes from that game.

[Asher @ Jul 14th 2006 10:47AM]

It's the Trollenberg Terror!

[macona @ Jul 14th 2006 11:24AM]

OK, Now thats just creepy...

[umrain @ Jul 14th 2006 11:30AM]

The creepiest part is the "lips" around the eyeball.

[dc @ Jul 14th 2006 11:31AM]

One-eyed monsters!

I agree...those 'lips' do remind me of something else (that I've only seen on the internet...never in person, of course).

[m @ Jul 14th 2006 12:22PM]

eeewwwwww those things are weird looking, i don't like them

[daveg @ Jul 14th 2006 12:41PM]

All it needs is that little tribble scream when it starts to hop about. The only conversation this thing is going to facilitate is "omfg, get that out of my face!"
The last thing I need to see in the hospital, is a red, cyclopean, raindrop looking at me. This thing wallows in much freakish misery.
Y'all can just rock me to sleep now, eewww! Two words come to mind, "Sick" and "Wrong".

[ksm @ Jul 14th 2006 12:55PM]

well, i for one think it looks '2-cute'. i gotta say, i wouldnt mind having a few of them arround my house, a little robo-teardrop herd, facilitating my speech.

[Timmy!!! @ Jul 14th 2006 1:06PM]

I can't believe it hasn't been posted yet.....

I, for one, welcome our "tear"-ifying, "lippy"-eyed robot overlords.

[blackfeather @ Jul 14th 2006 2:10PM]

I agree with macona. This is just too creepy to welcome. "Viva le resistance!"

[bliss @ Jul 14th 2006 8:00PM]

Can you say Monster's Inc.?

[Jim @ Jul 14th 2006 8:34PM]

Oh my god, that thing is CREEPY. Keep it away!

[RisingSunofNihon @ Jul 15th 2006 8:22AM]

I have to agree with the other commenters who said this thing looks creepy. Whoever thought this design was friendly-looking or whatever was way off the mark!