A Fuzzy, Cuddly Depression-Fighting Robot Is The Platonic Ideal Of Cute Like a non-virtual tamagotchi, the Babyloid is designed to lift the spirits of lonely older people. “Be as smart as a puppy” is the advice that Matt Jones of BERG has for robots of the near future. You can see that design principle in action with MIT Media Lab’s Boxie robot, but a robot developed in Japan called Babyloid takes it a step further. Read more on Fast Company
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A Fuzzy, Cuddly Depression-Fighting Robot Is The Platonic Ideal Of Cute

Like a non-virtual tamagotchi, the Babyloid is designed to lift the spirits of lonely older people.

“Be as smart as a puppy” is the advice that Matt Jones of BERG has for robots of the near future. You can see that design principle in action with MIT Media Lab’s Boxie robot, but a robot developed in Japan called Babyloid takes it a step further.

Read more on Fast Company

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