Sep 14 2007Zeno The Robot Boy Will Kill You
Zeno, a robot boy created by David Hanson, is scary as hell. David named the damn thing after his real 18-month-old son, Zeno (poor kid), and it is supposed to be available for commercial sale in the next three years (for $200 - $300). It stands 17 inches tall and weighs 6 pounds, and took 5 years to create. He comes equipped with facial recognition software, and will greet you by name when he recognizes you. He is controlled wirelessly via PC, and can talk, walk, and make eye contact. His face is made of "frubber", enabling a variety of facial expressions, which he uses himself because he has "his own moods" and makes "his own decisions". He is one scary little bastard. Is it just me, or does anybody else get the feeling that one of those decisions may be stabbing your f'ing eyes out one night?
A couple more frightening pics after the jump.
UPDATE: A scary as hell video added!
Zeno The Robot Boy Will Kill You [therawfeed, thanks to the always young at heart Pat and Ali for the tips]
Reader Comments
1. Jab - September 14, 2007 10:38 AM
Yeah the lower eyelid makes him look exactly like Stewie squinting at you in murderous rage.
2. Doofus A roofus - September 14, 2007 11:21 AM
All I need to know: Does it have a butthole?
3. clark - September 14, 2007 11:28 AM
shoot, man, i am with you on that. this thing is scary. and frubber? even scarier.
4. Epic - September 14, 2007 12:24 PM
Heh, in that last picture, he kinda looks like Mega Man XD
5. Ed Said - September 14, 2007 12:39 PM
Basically all the dolls of the future will look/act like this and if they make the one that also constantly cries unless pampered and fed, maybe it can be a cool tool to "scare" the shit out of high-school momma wanna-be's
6. Amy - September 14, 2007 1:46 PM
Do the lightning bolts for eyebrows help him go faster or something?
7. Alvin - September 14, 2007 2:25 PM
I read another article about this that said he named the kid after the robot. I think that's a tad more disturbing, really.
8. drunkenbeastie - September 14, 2007 2:26 PM
five years to create...2002...so this guy rented A.I. and decided he wanted a haley joel osment of his own? damn. he did a pretty good job, though the original osment is way creepier.
9. Nikky Raney - September 14, 2007 2:58 PM
I am frightened
10. COR - September 14, 2007 3:55 PM
Wow, the robot will also remove acne. http://www.myzeno.com/
11. ... - September 14, 2007 8:29 PM
Oh god. That thing is like the next Chuckie, it will stab you at night have have a wife and die.
12. betch - September 15, 2007 10:56 AM
what's up with the shitty eyebrows that are only there sometimes? can you draw on the eyebrows?
but seriously, Zeno? or...XENU? those damn scientologists are at it again.
13. wonderbread - November 22, 2007 8:41 PM
that would be zeno...aristotle's teacher, who would call blasphemy and scream while running to the church to help with the satanic being if he saw this....like I am thinking of doing