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    Creepy: iRobot's "My Real Baby"

    Meet the offspring of iRobot, and Transformers creator Hasbro. No, really. Back in 2000, the two companies teamed up on a project to create a baby doll called "My Real Baby" that had emotionally expressive animatronic facial expressions.

    One look at this pic could explain why the project was later discontinued. [Ingenious' Flickr via Robot Stock News]


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