The eyes seem creepy to me, too big, too much like someone who hasn’t slept in weeks and had creepy looking eyes to begin with…. but you’re probably right about kids reacting to it more positively than I am.

Suddenly I can’t stop thinking of an old Twilight Zone episode starring Telly Savalas and a doll that wouldn’t shut up…. yikes!

Thanks for the vid… bye!

@Dale
I still wonder if his target market — the approximately average consumer — is ready for a robot that resembles a child.

I’ve seen Zeno, and personally don’t fancy its design much (kids, however, have a bizarre perception of ‘prettiness’). I think that there’ll be demand for the robot provided they’ll pull of a good features. Child-looking dolls with facial animatronics are relatively popular. I think we’ll have to wait for more info on tech specs, and specifically some videos of Zeno in action; the current information I’ve seen is somewhat limited and designed to raise commercial interest.

@Dale and Gnorb on the AIBO’s solutions
Excellent observations on all parts. They warrant a whole new entry. I’m backed up with work these days though, so it might take me a while to get to it.

Assuming you have seen Zeno, but here’s the link anyway:

http://www.zenosworld.com/

hmmmmmmm…. The designer plans to be able to price the robot at a few hundred dollars and have it controllable by software running on a PC … the idea is to drop the price dramatically from robots like Aibo. Probably a good idea … but I still wonder if his target market — the approximately average consumer — is ready for a robot that resembles a child.

Bye!