Bots”R”Tots
Some people are big babies. Turns out some robots are, too.
It’s hard to put into words just how simultaneously awesome and weird this is. CB2 is a child-like robot that is currently being designed by Japanese researchers, and some really fascinating new pictures of CB2 have just been released. This robot has been carefully programmed and tested for over a year to provide increasingly more realistic simulations of a small child’s behavioral patterns, for the purposes of early development education. CB2 has 51 air-powered motors, 197 tactile sensors, and silicone skin… but no affordable modern furniture as of yet. They’re 90% of the way to convincing me.
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