• Sony Qrio Attending Nursery School

    By johnb, 11:01 AM on Mon May 2 2005, 87 views (Edit, to draft, Top, Slurp)

    Researchers have mainstreamed a Sony Qrio robot in a California nursery school. The robot, which is assisted at all times by an assistant, dances with the children but rarely drinks juice or has to go to the potty. I think the best, and most telling, quote follows:

    "The children think of Qrio as a feeble younger brother," researcher Fumihide Tanaka said.

    Just wait until these things aren't so feeble anymore.

    Sony's Qrio robot attending nursery school in California [JapanToday]

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