Babysitting Blog

What’s 4 ft. 7, knows your child’s name, wears a cheery yellow and white outfit, is said to be friendly, and can entertain the kids while you shop around a store? No, not a vertically challenged, high-on-life Big Bird, but Japan’s new Robot Babysitter. This high-tech solution to shopping with kids has just popped up in a Fukuoka retailer to keep an eye on the kids while Mom and Dad browse.

Far less creepy than other Japanese robots we’ve heard about, this Robot Babysitter is at least NOT trying to pass for human.

Reportedly, said critter boasts an integrated projector and camera, a colorful yellow/white outfit and the ability to identify children by name based on a special tag that each kiddo wears while playing. Of course, the manufacturer isn’t looking to just shove one or two of these into every store in Japan — oh no, it’s hoping to create similar robots that could one day “guide customers through the aisles of a store,” fill their carts or whisper the joke of the day in a French accent into their ears.

We’ll stick to the real thing, thanks.

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