A FLORIDA DRIVER'S LICENSE IS ON THE WAY

(Thanks to sjhaller)

Comments

[AuntieM]

Aren't real live toddlers enough?

[gjd]

"Besides the collision, it also suddenly stood motionless at one point."

I believe this is toddler robot for "I don't wanna!"

[Alfred Simon Fyodorovich]

There is a shortage of Toddlers in Japan. So the Japanese have been forced to improvise.

Something I have found very interesting is how cultures view robots. Robots in the US have a certain element of death about it, we expect robots to kill. It stops killing to become human.
Japan views them as cute helpful creatures. Unless a human is controlling it, then it is a killing machine.

[AuntieM]

I think the Japanese need a new hobby. They spend WAY too much time making robots that fall down and/or throw tantrums when you touch them.

[gjd]

Does it still count as child labour if it is a mechanical child?

[AuntieM]

Alfred, the sad thing is that the toddler robot or "lady in a wheelchair" robot are less likely to kill you than a real person. If this is the best we can do for robot technology, I don't think the robots will be a threat any time soon. Unless they fall on you.

[Edgar Greenberg]

Whose bright idea was it to have a toddler-bot help out around an office? A real toddler would probably destroy the place, too.

[orcel]

Just to confirm the robotic toddler ran around uncontrolibly and crashed into a desk, so it was a complete sucess. I mean how is this different from a real toddler?

[ArcticAl]

It crashed because everyone was talking on their cell phone, emailing on their blackberry and browsing on their laptops. Too much technology crashed the technology.

[casey]

HAHAHA, it's like R2D2 on a crack induced rampage!