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January 14th, 2010, 19:50
http://cache.gawker.com/assets/images/4/2010/01/500x_babybot.jpgResearchers from the Machine Perception Laboratory at UCSD have developed this baby robot (http://gizmodo.com/tag/babyrobot/) to simulate the development of a 1-year-old. And clearly, they've become somewhat attached to the little 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 his coordination is limited to standing from a chair and holding a bottle, Diego-San's face has 20 moving parts to convey emotion without speaking—the engineering of which probably necessitates the freakishly large head.
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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 if I've insulted an actual, helplessly deformed child. [PDF Source (http://kokoro-dreams.co.jp/news/kokoroNo72.pdf) via BotJunkie (http://www.botjunkie.com/2010/01/12/robot-babies-are-always-a-mistake/) via Geekologie (http://www.geekologie.com/2010/01/i_dare_you_try_to_explain_how.php)]
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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 his coordination is limited to standing from a chair and holding a bottle, Diego-San's face has 20 moving parts to convey emotion without speaking—the engineering of which probably necessitates the freakishly large head.
http://cache.gawker.com/assets/images/4/2010/01/500x_baby1b.jpg (http://cache.gawker.com/assets/images/4/2010/01/baby1b.jpg)
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 if I've insulted an actual, helplessly deformed child. [PDF Source (http://kokoro-dreams.co.jp/news/kokoroNo72.pdf) via BotJunkie (http://www.botjunkie.com/2010/01/12/robot-babies-are-always-a-mistake/) via Geekologie (http://www.geekologie.com/2010/01/i_dare_you_try_to_explain_how.php)]
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