Sony Qrio Attending Nursery School

 

 

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Sony Qrio Attending Nursery School

via Gizmodo on 5/2/05

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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