Wizkid looks nothing like a child, is likely smarter than one

We'll be straight with you -- Wizkid would be a lot easier to take seriously if it looked even remotely like a fellow Earthling, or at least an animal. Instead, we're left with a curiously designed, but totally brilliant robot that can hone in on human faces, remember your preferences and understand hand motions. Essentially, the creature is set to improve our lives by cranking up the stereo when we wave a CD in its grill, playing games with lonely souls and keeping us occupied with other on-screen interactive applications. No word on whether this kiddo is destined for the commercial realm, but folks incredibly curious can go say hello at The Museum of Modern Art in New York.

[Via Primidi]

[(Unverified) Posted Feb 22nd 2008 9:42AM]

Can it kick Santa in the shins?

[derX Posted Feb 22nd 2008 9:09AM]

Of course, but it requires an attachment; it couldn't call itself a Wizkid without it.

[(Unverified) Posted Feb 22nd 2008 9:15AM]

Hello legless robot cyclops dog.

[(Unverified) Posted Feb 22nd 2008 9:38AM]

Does it have French and Greek features as well...?

[(Unverified) Posted Feb 22nd 2008 10:37AM]

hmm wiz kid seems to dig daft punk

[(Unverified) Posted Feb 22nd 2008 10:42AM]

Who doesn't, especially after the ALIVE 2007 tour?

[(Unverified) Posted Feb 22nd 2008 11:30AM]

Animals are "earthlings," and this thing belongs in Speilberg's next crappy sci fi flop.

[(Unverified) Posted Feb 22nd 2008 4:49PM]

Motorized webcam+Small monitor+HPC+Some decent software
Why hasn't anybody done this before? Someone surely has!