<i>Say Hello To CB2</i>

A child robot "Child-robot with Biomimetic Body" or CB2 (CB square), equipped with 51 air actuators, 5 motors and 197 tactile sensors under soft silicone skin on its child sized body, measuring 130cm tall and weighing 33kg at his laboratory in Osaka University in Suita city in Osaka prefecture on March 10. Professor Minoru Asada's team is trying to teach the android to think like a baby that evaluates its mother's countless facial expressions and 'clusters' them into basic categories, such as happiness and sadness. The CB2, say it's slowly developing social skills by interacting with humans and watching their facial expressions, mimicking a mother-baby relationship.Photo: AFP