Monday, May 02, 2005

Feeble Younger Brother

Back in February I blogged about Sony's QRIO robot, which aims to be "an entertainment robot that lives with you, makes life fun, makes you happy." Apparently, according to this Japan Today article, QRIO now spends some time with toddlers in a San Diego nursery school:
"While the children were at first apprehensive about Qrio, they now dance with it and help it get up when it falls. "The children think of Qrio as a feeble younger brother," researcher Fumihide Tanaka said."
I wonder if they happened to choose a nursery school that was bully-free.