I Heart Robots

You think the dog is man’s best friend? No. You think diamonds are a girls best friend? Negative. 

Man’s best friend is the robot. Robots are helpful (as long as they are not self-aware and sick of vacuuming your house autonomously) as well as entertaining. They build things for us, clean things for us, ferry things around warehouses, fall down stairs:

Exhibit A:

But entertaining us…that’s what is most important, am I right? Who cares if Asimo can kick a soccer ball right at you, that clumsy humanoid face planting at the base of a staircase is hilarious! 

There is a fairly new entertaining robot called the Keepon. It’s “hears music and can dance in perfect rhythm while following your face with its built in cameras. You can squeeze its squishy yellow body too. If you want a Keepon you’ll need:

• An institution which engages in studies of autism or other research
• $30,000

 Luckily, a $4o version of the Keepon is currently being developed for consumers. Try to tell me you don’t want one.

Exhibit B: 

 More on the Keepon at http://beatbots.net/