[News] New baby robot M3-neony, cuter than older brother
Remember baby robot CB2? Well, he has a new sibling. Meet M3-neony. Nothing on YouTube as of now, but you can see a video here.
(Photo Top: M3-neony, Bottom: M3-synchy)
The new baby robot was announced on March 3 in Japan by the ERATO project led by Prof. Minoru Asada at Osaka University.
It is 50cm tall and weighs 3.5kg, just like a real baby, which is amazing considering how much tech it holds. It has 22 motors, 2 CMOS cameras, 90 tactile sensors and the computer that controls everything. It is autonomous and it can crawl, pull itself up holding a table, practice walking etc.
The robot is designed so that even non-robotics researchers can use it as a platform for various research in human babies' cognitive development and motor learning.
The name is a little provocative. The M3 stands for "Man Made Man." Neony is for neonate.
The M3-synchy is a platform for studying the communication between humans and multiple robots.
Both platforms are meant to be widely available for the research community worldwide.
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