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
fuckadoodledoo. I'm going to have nightmares for a week. >.
Why would anyone WANT a baby to play with?that's what condoms are for people!
this is too human - Please stop inventing this crap - just have some children the normal way or adopt lol - dang geeks :0)
@Bjeaneen
You love us geeks... you know it. :)
oh wow at the end of the video - it looks so wrong!!!!
Demo FAIL
It's has a long way to go still! And it would only be creepy if it really moved on it's own and it's movement was fluid instead of being clumsy. If it was Chucky 2.0, I think I could get away by stepping aside. LOL...
An army of these killer babies at my disposal = world domination.
That's just fucked up.
Japanese women are now officialy the creepiest bitches on the planet.
Also...
Pedobear must be tickled pink by this.
And I thought the crying babys we sell at Target are creepy
This is just fucked up. Japan's birth rate (1.29 per woman) is already threatening the survivability of the Japanese people (and people aged 65-85 will make up 15% of Japan's population by 2025) , and now they want to market robot babies to Japanese couples as a replacement for a real child?
All it needs is a teddy bear and name, perhaps David.
* how come none of you pulled in Screamers reference dudes?
Is he using an XBOX360 controller?
Mr. Marbles...
ZPG Zero Population Growth
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c2QZgtmSQjg
For real
It's strange how there's an American guy involved...lol
Pedobear puked with this one.
Aren't you glad you're not Japanese?
I can just hear Bart Simpson - "Can't sleep. Robo-baby will eat me." (Rocks backwards and forwards).
The reign of Skynet has begun!
Wow, that is downright scary stuff dude.
lou
www.anonymity.au.tc
Reminds me of the creepy robots from a cheesy Sci-Fi Movie (mid-90s) that disguised themselves as young boys who only said "Take me with you!"
wow, a real life astro boy.