http://www.plasticpals.com/?p=26907 Robots who are fun to be with! Sun, 31 Mar 2013 20:31:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 http://www.plasticpals.com/?p=26907&cpage=1#comment-11305 This Week in Japan Tech – Feb 12 Mon, 14 Feb 2011 06:50:08 +0000 http://www.plasticpals.com/?p=26907#comment-11305 [...] Meet Affetto (Italian for affection), he’s a robot designed to look like a human infant of about 1 to 2 years old. Affetto is currently only a head, but researchers have put a lot of effort into his realistic facial expressions. His skin is made of soft rubber and beneath are a motors and wires attached to different points on the face. These are used the simulate different facial expressions, for example his eyebrows a can move up and down, his upper lip can protrude, his eyes move around in unison etc. Affetto was developed to study early human social development by observing the interaction between infant and caregiver. The robot was developed to be as realistic as possible for the caregivers and is able to mimic the facial expressions of the adults taking care of them. Researchers are currently working on the torso and implementing sensors in the head. Video below. More at Plastic Pals. [...]

]]> http://www.plasticpals.com/?p=26907&cpage=1#comment-11272 Video: Japanese Baby Robot Affetto Wed, 09 Feb 2011 16:03:59 +0000 http://www.plasticpals.com/?p=26907#comment-11272 [...] Plastic Pals Tweet [...]

]]> http://www.plasticpals.com/?p=26907&cpage=1#comment-11267 alex Wed, 09 Feb 2011 10:04:11 +0000 http://www.plasticpals.com/?p=26907#comment-11267 looks less creepy than I would expect

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