CB2 Infant Android

On June 1, researchers from Osaka University’s Graduate School of Engineering unveiled a robot that acts like a human infant, which they hope may one day help scientists better understand the child development process.

The researchers have named the baby robot “CB2,” and for now, it is designed to function as a 1- to 2-year-old child.

SOURCE:
Pink Tentacle

This is a very interesting robot/android, and will helpfully give us a better understanding
of both childhood development as well as Artificial Intelligence development.

This is actually one of the few robots I've seen lately that actually looks human,
that is one of the few androids developed.


Comments, Opinions?

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[edit on 4-6-2007 by UM_Gazz]

Im waiting for a model that can do the shopping and fix my car lori!Ive been reading alot of Poul Anderson lately and his character robots can do anything.But i guess we have to start somewhere!

One of the most interesting approaches in robotics has been to examine learning processes from the standpoint of a human child. Several child-like robots have been made, but they're really only partial bodies. This is the first full-bodied model I've seen.

Heh. I may have to learn to read Japanese!

Uber COOL! Does anybody know if it has red rocket boots, laser fingers and a machine gun in his backside? They should model it to look like this:
www.ala.org...

[edit on 3-6-2007 by orthisguyoverhere]

[edit on 3-6-2007 by orthisguyoverhere]

they mislabel these "learning" robots as if they even closely represent the processes of cognition. we can teach sign language to a gorilla but we can't build a code that can actually learn anything.

machine learning - actual info on the field en.wikipedia.org...





edit: the thing has three fingers. what?

[edit on 6-4-2007 by forsakenwayfarer]

Just found some video of the CB2, impressive yet unimpressive at the same time.




[edit on 6/4/2007 by iori_komei]




Mod Edit: Fixed bad video link.

[edit on 5-6-2007 by UM_Gazz]