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Yotaro Japanese Robotic Baby Simulator

Writing by Evan Ackerman on Tuesday, 22 of December , 2009 at 2:01 am

I’m not exactly sure what the point of a baby simulator is, to say nothing of a baby simulator that this one. Yotaro here only resembles a baby in the most basic ways, and I honestly can’t see how spending time with this thing could possibly prepare anyone for a real baby, except maybe in the sense that after your Yotaro experience, a real baby is going to seem that much cuter and more normal.

Oh, And just in case this is not clear to all of you prospective parents: no matter what Yotaro teaches you, if your baby is glowing in the dark, you need to call the hospital. Or the superhero academy. But for heaven’s sake, call someone.

VIA [ designboom ]

Comments (3)

Category: Medical,Uncanny Valley

3 Comments

Comment by eli

Made Tuesday, 22 of December , 2009 at 9:56 am

I canĀ“t describe with words how disturbing this “thing” feels. This is really weird….

Comment by Goose

Made Tuesday, 22 of December , 2009 at 10:33 am

That kid kissing it at the end is very disturbing it at the end is very disturbing, or cute. He’s probably going to grow up to be a robotic engineer

Comment by Richie086

Made Wednesday, 23 of December , 2009 at 8:20 pm

proof that [deleted]

Yeah, that one was a little bit over the line. -Editor

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