Masayoshi Kano has created a baby robot named: Babyloid
The Babyloid is 17” long and weighs 4.8 pounds. It even makes robot baby sounds while it moves its arms, head, mouth and eyelids, with LEDs on its face that can display different emotions such as sadness or happiness. The Babyloid also comes with microphones, optical and pyroelectric sensors that can detect people.
This is no toy, either.
It’s a medical device.
Babyloid was designed to help seniors overcome depression and keep their minds sharp to help fight off dementia.
Kano has tested the AI baby with five residents of intensive-care nursing homes and found the outcomes positive.
Babyloid is still in the prototype phase, but will retail soon in Japan for about $600.
[via UberGizmo]
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