We like robots that
play soccer,
save wildlife, and
clean our stuff. We're not, however, particularly fond of robots who look like extras in horror movies. Such are M3-Kindy and Noby, a pair of bots recently shown at the JST Erato Asada Project symposium in Japan, both designed to study human development by basically pretending to be babies. Noby, pictured above, is a sort of abbreviation for "nine-month old baby," and that's exactly what it purports to be with a size, shape, weight, and behavior that emulates a human in that highly dependent stage. Meanwhile, M3-Kindy (shown in a video after the break) is meant to pretend to be a five-year-old, but his giant head and oversized body make him look more like a beefcake toddler to us. Kindy can walk and display emotion, using his stereoscopic vision and speech recognition to determine the effect of his feigned sadness on the weak-willed humans who hold his hand as he walks. Don't fall for the trap.
posted June 13th 2010 2:37AM
creepy
@jjasper123 that's an understatement.
@jjasper123
As soon as I saw the image for the article I thought it was going to be about someone using a robot to commit a robbery...
@Plazmic Flame The clothing choice for this robot baby makes me feel like the future of technology just wants to mug me for my batteries...
@jjasper123 KILL IT. KILL IT WITH FIRE. WITH BP OIL THING AS FUEL. AND THEN KILL IT MORE. WITH MORE FIRE.
@jjasper123 agree. very creepy.
@Teslanaut
Nuke it...from space. It's the only way to be sure.
"It's like...how many months younger could Noby be? And the answer is none. None months younger."
@Teslanaut Can't man, the oil is all watery...
@jjasper123 Not creepy, just Japanese. I think they will be the first country where a robot will replace sex partners. I mean they created a genre of "special" cartoons, not to mention bukake.
@Tes nice aliens reference :)
@jjasper123
Its skin pieces look like they came right out the mold for Buster 2.0.
@jjasper123 - I Do believe this is how Buckethead was born.
Crap, this is like Chucky 2.0.
Junior ? ? ? ? ?
@liquidkernel
I think I'll hold out for Chucky 2.2. Don't you hate these fragmented creepoids?
@liquidkernel
Ahhhhhh! I wont take drugs anymore!
I thought the Trainspotting baby is just a cocaine-induced nightmare!
The title of this post made me poo a little. Scary.
@GeneralThade
Yo! He called the shit, poo!
I would have never demoed it performing like that. Looks like it needs stronger servo motors and more mature software.
@clee100 ...but I'm no expert. Who am I to judge.
@clee100 Mature software? It's a baby.
oh god put it back, put it back!
Caption for the first video...
M3-Kindy: "stop shaking me daddy, I'm a real boy!"
@Ducman69 er, not video, picture. =p
Who said I have sexual nightmares about robo babys?!??!!??
"i i"m chucky, wanna playyyy!"
The part where they zoom in on it's cold soulless eyes was kinda creepy.
@zero1221 I bet your eyes and my eyes are soulless too.
Those look like the puppets on Lazytown.
2 weeks too late to create a bionic Gary Coleman
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the purpose being???
Why would anybody want to release a video of a product that needs a whole bunch of people to keep ot going?
Heh, I thought the guy on the right was using a PS3 controller at first.
FAPFAPFAP
Yes?
@FAP FAP FAP nevermind. I'm good now.
it's a tarp.
The Japanese are #1 in inventing creepy stuff.
That thing in the video isn't gonna conquer the world anytime soon.
Finally, one that doesn't make a mess :0
It really didn't work very well at all.
It couldn't hold itself up, or balance, and bits were falling off it.
Needs work lads.
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That thing will kill it's first buyers!!!! you've heard it here first
Hey Stop with all the cruel commments ,its just a baby!,yes a soon to be one of our skynet overlords that will decide if we live or die ,but still a baby!
Oh wow, that center pic looks like something out of The Nightmare Before Christmas.
That us army mule robot creeps me out, but this, riding on the back of the mule would send me screaming for the hills.
He he scary..
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What the hell is wrong with robot people? Either make it look like a robot or make it look perfectly human. Please don't make creations that look like a b-movie psycho killer. It's only a matter of time before someone make a robot that looks like the guy from Saw.