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

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.

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?

Reader Comments
1. cabbo - January 14, 2010 10:27 AM
Easy - peadophiles can now rape fake kids. Real kids run free.
2. jacob - January 14, 2010 10:28 AM
GAINT ROBOT BABY!YUMMMY! and first hehe
3. naas - January 14, 2010 10:29 AM
kill it with FIRE YESSSSS
4. Ken Goldstein Esq. - January 14, 2010 10:30 AM
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.
5. cabbo - January 14, 2010 10:34 AM
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4OkmMqkeJ6U
6. Closet Nerd - January 14, 2010 10:34 AM
Looks kinda like the dancing baby from the 90s...... just sayin
7. naas - January 14, 2010 10:35 AM
@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
8. naas - January 14, 2010 10:37 AM
@6 that thing ATE the dancing baby man, it's facial expression still reflects the aftertaste
9. cabbo - January 14, 2010 10:38 AM
@naas, I'm fairly certain that's a troll.
10. naas - January 14, 2010 10:39 AM
I know cabbo, I know mate.... things are just a little quiet so far so what the hell, you know?
11. cabbo - January 14, 2010 10:39 AM
Yeah, give'm hell cowboy.
12. cabbo - January 14, 2010 10:41 AM
@4 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tY92NAdGaR4
13. naas - January 14, 2010 10:41 AM
*the deafening sound of whip crackin & a fat mans screaming fills the room
14. Ken Goldstein Esq. - January 14, 2010 10:42 AM
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.
15. naas - January 14, 2010 10:48 AM
@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
16. cabbo - January 14, 2010 10:53 AM
@14 DEATH BY CHOCOLATE.
17. ObamaPacman - January 14, 2010 10:53 AM
Sick... about the right height for standing "hug" with someone in pedobear costume
18. naas - January 14, 2010 10:54 AM
I found Ken Goldstein online!!! Click the link in my name to see his picture, doo eet
19. cabbo - January 14, 2010 10:56 AM
@18 http://www.dragonageguide.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/11/broodmother.jpg
20. cabbo - January 14, 2010 10:57 AM
By a weird coincidence, I'm listening to the Silent Hill theme tune, and that Broodmother pic is scary as all hell.
21. Closet Nerd - January 14, 2010 11:01 AM
I prefer regular pornography.... the child porn is for my kids
22. cabbo - January 14, 2010 11:04 AM
@21 Is that... legal?
23. noodle - January 14, 2010 11:05 AM
this is the most horrifying thing that i have ever seen...
24. Duckling - January 14, 2010 11:06 AM
I don't think I've ever seen a 1 year old that big before
25. Closet Nerd - January 14, 2010 11:11 AM
@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
26. LSDiesel - January 14, 2010 11:27 AM
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.
27. Dishy Dishyington - January 14, 2010 11:37 AM
@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?
28. tetsuo - January 14, 2010 11:38 AM
KANEDAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA
29. Ickorus - January 14, 2010 11:44 AM
I don't know about anyone else but i'm getting a gun after seeing this.
30. naas - January 14, 2010 11:45 AM
ugh, relief.... this baby is a palate cleanser compared to the link from the next post
31. naas - January 14, 2010 11:49 AM
@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
32. cabbo - January 14, 2010 11:53 AM
@25 Hehehe, Kids.
33. Closet Nerd - January 14, 2010 11:57 AM
@31 Nice call......
http://www.geekologie.com/2009/10/wow_no_guy_on_craigslist_seeks.php#comment-160413
34. Alamander - January 14, 2010 12:07 PM
@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
35. JADE - January 14, 2010 12:11 PM
OMG that thing would give me nightmares. It must be destoyed..
36. cabbo - January 14, 2010 12:11 PM
@31 Start the reactor!
@34 we know, we know.
37. cabbo - January 14, 2010 12:12 PM
@Closet Nerd, how the hell did you remember that?
38. Alamander - January 14, 2010 12:26 PM
@36
But I'm not sure naas did.
39. Closet Nerd - January 14, 2010 12:32 PM
@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.
40. archer9234 - January 14, 2010 12:32 PM
Toy Story baby.
41. cabbo - January 14, 2010 12:44 PM
@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.
42. atheistgirl - January 14, 2010 1:11 PM
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
43. Ch4p3l - January 14, 2010 1:11 PM
@41
In Soviet Russia, DRUGS DO YOU!
44. DH - January 14, 2010 1:17 PM
@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)
45. Carlos - January 14, 2010 1:18 PM
I almost had a omgwtfbbq panic attack when I first saw this
46. cabbo - January 14, 2010 1:20 PM
My favourite one: http://www.memegenerator.net/540455/in-soviet-russia-madeleine-kidnaps-you
Although vulgarity and whatnot...
47. Milkman - January 14, 2010 1:55 PM
Creepy
48. UnpaidParkingTickets - January 14, 2010 2:17 PM
Thanks for the nightmares GW....I can see it now, robot giant baby head ruining my wonderful dreams of bacon.
49. Paul - January 14, 2010 3:02 PM
Anyone else see Pedobear behind the desk in the 4th (LR) photo?
50. JJtoob - January 14, 2010 3:17 PM
I got two words for you: baby boom!
51. Sophia - January 14, 2010 5:07 PM
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.
52. fred - January 14, 2010 5:33 PM
whats with the 70s era photo look?
53. Nate The Great - January 14, 2010 5:52 PM
Reminds me of one of those things off the new Dead Space 2 pics...
54. scooter - January 14, 2010 6:35 PM
I submit this hypothesis about it
it's not actually a baby robot
it's in fact SATAN
55. scooter - January 14, 2010 6:35 PM
I HATE IT AND I WANT IT TO DIE.
56. PennyWise - January 14, 2010 7:57 PM
No explaination needed...THIS IS NOT OKAY !! Burn it just like the human face goat.
57. Knobsack - January 14, 2010 8:15 PM
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
58. Knobsack - January 14, 2010 8:23 PM
http://www.geekologie.com/mt/mt-search.cgi?tag=robots&blog_id=1
FTW
59. Knobsack - January 14, 2010 9:52 PM
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.
60. undrgrndgirl - January 15, 2010 1:11 AM
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...
61. graf zeppelin - January 15, 2010 10:45 AM
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.
62. graf zeppelin - January 15, 2010 10:46 AM
or wait. isn't that HIM? the lawyer? with the baby in the last pic?
63. Walking shoes - January 15, 2010 10:57 AM
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.
64. marge - January 15, 2010 10:57 AM
I think I prefer the human-face lamb to this...
65. mownucka - January 15, 2010 12:47 PM
maybe it's being developed for the new season of To Catch A Predator.
66. Badbcky - January 15, 2010 1:19 PM
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!
67. andy - January 15, 2010 4:49 PM
holy shit!! its r2d2, mark one!!
68. Phil Ken Sebben - January 17, 2010 3:31 AM
im scared.. hold me
69. Poopcracker McStinksalot - January 20, 2010 12:41 PM
I'm hungry for poo
70. Co - January 20, 2010 4:04 PM
OMIGOD! They created Ross Kemp! D:
71. Nana - January 20, 2010 10:19 PM
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…
72. 640-460 - January 21, 2010 12:55 AM
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?
73. Miszy - January 28, 2010 5:23 PM
That lookes kind of scary...