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http://gizmodo.com/5448158/hush-little-baby-robot
[h1]Hush Little Baby Robot[/h1]
Researchers from the Machine Perception Laboratory at UCSD have developed this baby robot to simulate the development of a 1-year-old. And clearly, they've become somewhat attached to thelittle automaton with a gigantic head.
The robot baby is named Diego-San, and aside from joy, he's bundled with a high resolution camera and 6-axis accelerometer. And while hiscoordination is limited to standing from a chair and holding a bottle, Diego-San's face has 20 moving parts to convey emotion without speaking-theengineering of which probably necessitates the freakishly large head.
On a related note, what's it mean that I actually feel guilty calling the robot's head "freakish?" My insides feel inexplicably icky, as ifI've insulted an actual, helplessly deformed child.
[h1]Hush Little Baby Robot[/h1]
Researchers from the Machine Perception Laboratory at UCSD have developed this baby robot to simulate the development of a 1-year-old. And clearly, they've become somewhat attached to thelittle automaton with a gigantic head.
The robot baby is named Diego-San, and aside from joy, he's bundled with a high resolution camera and 6-axis accelerometer. And while hiscoordination is limited to standing from a chair and holding a bottle, Diego-San's face has 20 moving parts to convey emotion without speaking-theengineering of which probably necessitates the freakishly large head.
On a related note, what's it mean that I actually feel guilty calling the robot's head "freakish?" My insides feel inexplicably icky, as ifI've insulted an actual, helplessly deformed child.
