Please Don't You Cry, Robot Baby

“Babyloid, Japan’s latest therapeutic robot baby, is also designed to help ease depression among older people by keeping them company. Towards the middle of its round, silicone face are two black dots that act as blinking eyes and a small slit that poses as a mouth and that can produce a smile. The cheeks have LED lights embedded and turn red to signify when it Babyloid contented. Blue LED tears are produced when it is unhappy…. Babyloid knows what’s going on through its acceleration, temperature, touch, pyroelectric and light sensors. If you hold the crying Babyloid and rock it, it might — if you’re lucky — fall asleep.”