Jan 14 2010I Dare You: Try To Explain How This Is Okay

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It's a giant baby robot. It exemplifies everything that's wrong with robotics. Namely, that they exist -- or were born, if you will (L337 baby tie-in FTW!). It shouldn't exist. If I had a time machine I'd go back in time and make sure it was never created bang dinos. Sorry guys, I've got priorities.

the robot is supposed to model a 1 year old baby and the purpose is to conduct research on how a baby's brain develops. Diego-san's face has about 20 moving parts so that it can communicate with facial expression without being able to talk. It is 130cm tall, weighs 30kg and can stand up from a chair on its own. It can hold a water bottle with its hand. It has a high resolution camera and 6 axis acceleration sensor built in to detect movement. Unfortunately it doesn't say why the head has to be so big. Female researchers contributed to the design and coordination - thus the photo of woman hugging Diego-san.

Pfft. Like you really need a creepy-ass robot to study how a baby's brain develops? Here, let me solve that mystery for you: slowly. I have an eleven-year old who still craps his pants. And before you all get in a huff about scarring my son for life by airing his dirty laundry (God I'm good) on Geekologie, don't worry: he can't even read.

Hit the jump for a larger shot of the baby and his inventor.

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Robot Babies Are Always A Mistake [botjunkie]

Thanks to Jason, naas and Spikey DaPikey, who, *PEW PEW PEW PEW PEW PEW!!*. Did I get it?

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Reader Comments

Easy - peadophiles can now rape fake kids. Real kids run free.

GAINT ROBOT BABY!YUMMMY! and first hehe

kill it with FIRE YESSSSS

Sir may I remind you that child porn is illegal in the united states? You're committing a felony right there buddy. I suggest you remove this material before the end of the working day because I am getting onto this matter immediately after my lunch.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4OkmMqkeJ6U

Looks kinda like the dancing baby from the 90s...... just sayin

@KEN GOLDSTEIN

Might I remind you this is a comments board & nobody gives a fuck what you say, think or do here. Since you're bringing up child porn in a public forum that HAS NOTHING TO DO WITH CHILD PORN you're clearly in need of a naked baby fix

THIS IS NOT THE PLACE FOR YOUR PEDODREAMS MR GOLDSTEIN. Please refer back to the pedobear hoodie post from yesterday if you want to submit pictures

Nobody cares when you have lunch, what you're having for lunch (2 little boys of course) or what you're doing afterwards. You sound like a baad jewwwww-ah

@6 that thing ATE the dancing baby man, it's facial expression still reflects the aftertaste

@naas, I'm fairly certain that's a troll.

I know cabbo, I know mate.... things are just a little quiet so far so what the hell, you know?

Yeah, give'm hell cowboy.

@4 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tY92NAdGaR4

*the deafening sound of whip crackin & a fat mans screaming fills the room

Site owner is this the sort of site you run? Where copyrights are infringed, children exploited and anti-semitic nazis gather to comment! Im not even going to bother finishing my monte cristo sandwich I am getting to work on this injustice right away.

@14 if I may answer for the admin......

child porn is huge, but child robot porn.... the future of exploitation
I'm not anti-semitic, just pointing out the bad jew (that's you sir)
nazis!?! zomg where? ...I thought they died off in the late 90s
You don't need to waste shitty food just to jump up your game, go ahead and finish your sandwich, there's cake in the lounge for dessert when you're finished

@14 DEATH BY CHOCOLATE.

Sick... about the right height for standing "hug" with someone in pedobear costume

I found Ken Goldstein online!!! Click the link in my name to see his picture, doo eet

@18 http://www.dragonageguide.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/11/broodmother.jpg

By a weird coincidence, I'm listening to the Silent Hill theme tune, and that Broodmother pic is scary as all hell.

I prefer regular pornography.... the child porn is for my kids

@21 Is that... legal?

this is the most horrifying thing that i have ever seen...

I don't think I've ever seen a 1 year old that big before

@22 probably not..... i'd say its probably even worse that child porn in the first place.
my son doesn't need porn, he just grabs boobs whenever he can. and he gets away with it because he's not even 2, but I know he knows what he is doin..... just sayin

In all honesty, I will probably have nightmares after seeing that thing. It gives me the willies.

Speaking of willies, I have to get ready for my swim meet today.

@26, I like to start with a slow back stroke, and then slowly work my way up to a heads-down breast stroke.

Thinking about it gives my butterflies. Although this baby makes my skin crawl.

What's your favorite stroke?

KANEDAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA

I don't know about anyone else but i'm getting a gun after seeing this.

ugh, relief.... this baby is a palate cleanser compared to the link from the next post

@28 I didn't even think of that one hehehe... I know that baby's face, it's kuato!!

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v44/scatterbrain/kuato.jpg

@25 Hehehe, Kids.

@31 Nice call......
http://www.geekologie.com/2009/10/wow_no_guy_on_craigslist_seeks.php#comment-160413

@naas

Pretty sure Ken Goldstein's comments are saturated in sarcasm. After all, how can it be child porn if the child has a FUCKING ROBOT BODY

OMG that thing would give me nightmares. It must be destoyed..

@31 Start the reactor!

@34 we know, we know.

@Closet Nerd, how the hell did you remember that?

@36

But I'm not sure naas did.

@37 Just the name Kuato just rang a bell in my head, and i remembered the post. So i googled "geekologie kuato" and found the comment.

Toy Story baby.

@38 He did. Or so he says @10.

@39 Impressive. A little unnerving. You remember every post, or just your own. I SWEAR I DON'T DO DRUGS.

Just plain wrong.
How am I suposed to sleep tonight.

By the way, one of the adverts on this page is for www.societyofrobots.com

@41

In Soviet Russia, DRUGS DO YOU!

@40 YES

how come no one has mentioned how ENORMOUS THAT ROBOT BABY'S HEAD IS. it's bigger than my ass - and I'm pretty sure a 1 year old baby's entire body is smaller than my ass. (well, maybe)

I almost had a omgwtfbbq panic attack when I first saw this

My favourite one: http://www.memegenerator.net/540455/in-soviet-russia-madeleine-kidnaps-you

Although vulgarity and whatnot...

Creepy

Thanks for the nightmares GW....I can see it now, robot giant baby head ruining my wonderful dreams of bacon.

Anyone else see Pedobear behind the desk in the 4th (LR) photo?

I got two words for you: baby boom!

I was going to say that, "130 cm and 30 kg? Wowza, that sounds huge, especially for a baby!" but when I calculated its BMI, it's only 17.8. Which is technically underweight, I think.

Skewed standards are skewed. I think I need to go and eat a hamburger.

whats with the 70s era photo look?

Reminds me of one of those things off the new Dead Space 2 pics...

I submit this hypothesis about it
it's not actually a baby robot
it's in fact SATAN

I HATE IT AND I WANT IT TO DIE.

No explaination needed...THIS IS NOT OKAY !! Burn it just like the human face goat.

This is proof that the GW has changed. The last one had a genuine fear of robots... And would admit that they would have had to have had sex to have had a child. FTL

http://www.geekologie.com/mt/mt-search.cgi?tag=robots&blog_id=1

FTW

Seems like they may be writing for I Watch Movies. Does anyone care? Cos I sure don't... You all have the ability to suck balls out of thin air.

me thinks the author needs to spend some time WITH HIS SON...turn off the computer and spend some quality time with your kid...show him the bathroom and read him a few good books...

you know at first I actually thought the ken guy was for real. but now I'm convinced it's just a program issuing random accusations that have nothing to do with reality.

or wait. isn't that HIM? the lawyer? with the baby in the last pic?

Site owner is this the sort of site you run? Where copyrights are infringed, children exploited and anti-semitic nazis gather to comment! Im not even going to bother finishing my monte cristo sandwich I am getting to work on this injustice right away.

I think I prefer the human-face lamb to this...

maybe it's being developed for the new season of To Catch A Predator.

I think it's actually interesting and potentially a really interesting evoluting in the development of AI if they flip this program around and tweak it to teach a computer to teach itself... SkyNet, anyone?

I'm not sure I think this experiment is wrong and/or useless, but I'll grant you that this thing is creepy enough to make me want to hit it with a shoe until it stops moving!

holy shit!! its r2d2, mark one!!

im scared.. hold me

I'm hungry for poo

OMIGOD! They created Ross Kemp! D:

Ok… why do you get all scared and sht about this big headed cute huge baby robot?
Is not like they are going to dress him with a blue overall and red sweater, launch a multimillionaire publicity campaign and make your kids believe it’s OK to have one of this funking things sitting right beside their beds, until… “they” decide to pop their batteries out and do the chacha with your soul… you know, they might kill your ant and give you the best trauma of your life… there is enough material on this like for 1 good movie, a kinda regular sequel and pure vomit after that… now… who wants to use it like a piñata!? dm sure there is a lot of space on that melon for sweetness…

I think it's actually interesting and potentially a really interesting evoluting in the development of AI if they flip this program around and tweak it to teach a computer to teach itself... SkyNet, anyone?

That lookes kind of scary...

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