Sunday, May 01, 2005

Warning, Warning, Danger Will Robinson

I don't know if I'm impressed, worried or both.


A humanoid robot has been attending a nursery school in California since March to play with children up to 2 years of age.

The experiment is hoped to help develop a robot that can "live in harmony with humans in the future".

Sony Intelligence Dynamics Laboratories' Qrio robot spends time each day with more than 10 toddlers at the nursery school located in San Diego.

The project is being conducted in collaboration with the University of California.

"We want to continue (the experiment) more than six months to collect data," Sony Intelligence researcher Fumihide Tanaka said.

From The Sydney Morning Herald.

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