The Japanese Science and Technology Agency should start working on constucting Battlestars next.

Apparently it emulates “the physical ability of a 1- or 2-year-old toddler, can turn over and stand up with assistance,” has 51 compressed air-powered actuators, and has 200 tactile sensors in its “skin.”

It sends so many shivers up our spine to think of the CB2’s lifeless putty coating as “skin” that it’s a wonder we’re even able to continue typing.

CB2 Child Robot is possibly the most disturbing machine ever built – Engadget

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