Humanoid robot reacts to touch and sound

(8 Jun 2007) 1. Closeup of head of ChildRobot with Biomimetic Body (CB2) 2. Man sitting next to CB2, man rubs CB2 s tummy, CB2 nods its head and kicks its legs 3. Man touching CB2 s head 4. Closeup of man 5. CB2 rolling around on floor as it tries to reach blue ball 6. Minoru Asada, Professor at Osaka University and Research Director of Japan Science Technology Organisation Asada Project, sitting next to CB2 and talking to it UPSOUND: (English) Minoru Asada, Professor at Osaka University: Hi CB2: Eh 7. Closeup of Asada and CB2 holding hands 8. SOUNDBITE: (Japanese) Minoru Asada, Professor at Osaka University and Research Director of Japan Science Technology Organisation Asada Project: Our goal is to study human recognition development such as how the child learns language, how it recognises objects, how the child learns to communicate with its father and mother. For that purpose, we cannot use the adult robot as it has alread