M3-Kindy and Noby: two new Japanese robotic children

Japan has just unveiled two new humanoid robot prototypes, M3-Kindy and Noby. -M3-Kindy is a 5 year old android weighing 27 kg with 42 degrees of freedom. The M3-Kindy robotic child is packed with sensors: more than 109 in total (including video camera eyes). It was developed with the aim of studying adult-children interactions and to see how robots are capable of learning themselves and about their environment. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8Mco57nNShA http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UQjtEMokT_Q -Noby is a robotic baby aged 9 months that is 71 cm tall and weighs 8 kg. It has 6 times as many sensors as M3-Kindy (around 600).