UCSDs Robot Baby is the Stuff of Nightmares
UCSDs Robot Baby is the Stuff of Nightmares
Posted 01/15/2010 at 6:12am
| by Paul Lilly
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It's eerie enough waking up to find your cat sitting on your chest and staring in your face as if to say, 'Are you gonna be feed me or what?' But a robot baby with an oversized head? The creepiness factor just jumped off the scale.
The robot's name is Diego-San, given birth by researchers from the Machine Perception Laboratory at UCSD. That's right, multiple parents, just like that Krueger guy. Diego-San's vitals include a high resolution camera and 6-axis accelerometer, along with 20 moving parts.
Diego-San's creators say the robot is supposed to model a 1-year-old baby so they can conduct research on how a baby's brain develops. He stands about 51 inches tall, or a little over 4 feet, and weighs 66 pounds, roughly the equivalent of any healthy 12-month baby (just not a human one).
The real question is, who would win in a fight - Diego-San or Chucky?
Image Credit: Kokoro News
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Talcum X
January 17, 2010 at 7:10am
Mini Me is a ROBOT!
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Zazubovich
January 15, 2010 at 3:50pm
NOw I see Engadget beat to Devo nerd heaven. De-evolution IS very real.
Biceps
January 15, 2010 at 1:01pm
And there can't be anything good about an angry robot-baby. Not anything at all....
nekollx
January 15, 2010 at 10:10am
Chucky...even the mouse version
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Five teenagers, one alien ghost, a robot, and the fate of the world.
Mr_Histamine
January 15, 2010 at 10:07am
...what in the hayl...?
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