Baby robot "Affetto"

Baby robot "Affetto"

Hisashi Ishihara, a robotics researcher at Osaka University, shows the basic framework his team has developed for a baby robot called Affetto, in Suita, Osaka Prefecture in western Japan on Aug. 5, 2015. At left is an Affetto prototype made with artificial skin. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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  • ILEA000074760
  • Registered date
  • 2015/8/05 00:00:00
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  • Kyodo / Kyodo News Images
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  • 3968 × 2418 pixel
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  • 240 dpi
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  • 1.03(MB)*
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