Diego Installed

"DIEGO-SAN", by Hanson for the Machine Perception Lab at the UCSD Institute for Neural Computation. With a face by David Hanson and Hanson Robotics, which mounts on a body by Kokoro, this robotic baby boy was built with funding from the National Science Foundation and serves cognitive A.I. and human-robot interaction research. With high definition cameras in the eyes, Diego San sees people, gestures, expressions, and uses A.I. modeled on human babies, to learn from people, the way that a baby hypothetically would. The facial expressions are important to establish a relationship, and communicate intuitively to people. As much a work of art as technology and science, this represents a step forward in the development of emotionally relevant robotics, building on previous work of David Hanson with the Machine Perception Lab such as the emotionally responsive Einstein shown at TED in 2009 (see http://www.ted.com/talks/david_hanson..., and http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lbjF6j...).

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[TheRighteousFist]

Yeah you think it's cute now! Wait until you buy one, and forget to switch it off one stormy night, and when you wake up in the middle of the night it's standing somewhere you didn't leave it, watching you in the darkness. And then the lightning flashes and it's gone . . .

[Gareth Field]

quick everybody!!!! evolve!!!! the robots are catching up

[Mythra13]

Go Diego, just go...away.

[JamesRPatrick]

Thanks, I was running low on nightmare fuel.

[ALSPEHEIR]

Diego, you are a creepy son of a bitch. Go back to the unholy place you live and never return again.

[bristo7]

anyone eles wanna smack it in the face?

[AdventurousSunshine4]

Most of you don't realise technology's so advanced, human robots have been living among us for a while now. If you're in a main shopping area, here's the ONLY way to spot them:

Females: Never buy things like shoes, padded bras, vibrators, tampons, chocolate, hair dye, moustache wax strips, foot blister plasters, or Vaginal itching cream.

Males: Never buy things like condoms, beer, pizza, porn magazines, fast cars, golf clubs, fart air neutraliser, smelly feet spray, or penis enlarger kits.

[Larrythebassman]

INTERESTING robot _ curious to see how we will be using this device 20 years

[Chad Arreguin]

Yeah, but can it push out 20 Guatemalan blankets in an hour???

[nasiusa1]

これとPETMANを合体させたら最強なんじゃない?

[detigirl]

I don't get these damn Japanese or whoever this one is...is'nt it easier to make one baby by having sex??? and it wont be a damn plastic psycho...so sick of this

[AcesHighProd]

KILL TI! KILL IT WITH EXTREME PREJUDICE