Yotaro is another interesting robot idea coming out of Japan. This robot is designed to be a baby.
It has baby blue eyes and it makes cute baby sounds. It also cries, sneezes, smiles, has runny noses, and even sleeps. It reacts to touch. Facial expressions change. In fact it shows all the emotions of a typical baby and communicates those emotions pretty effectively.
The researchers behind Yotaro are hoping that the robot can be used to help young parents learn parenting skills before the real baby arrives. For more on Yotaro and the researchers at Tsukuba University who created it, check out this article I found at Physorg http://www.physorg.com/news187419450.html
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