Individual oral presentation

"Robots can also have a softer side. My Baby 2, a simulated childcare robot, was created by a former NASA engineer and reacts when treated badly. It can be used in childcare training and instruction. "

Voicethread for the oral presentation: http://voicethread.com/?#u4005736.b4955826.i25148476

-The caption shows a robotic baby being fitted with an artificial bottle.

-It shows a different and innovative way to use robots for the benefit of humans.

-It shows robots as a more friendly tool for humans to use and have benefits from it.

-My baby 2 might be a great help for future parents to prepare them for their future role as parents.

-It may show wich couples are ready to have a real baby and wich don´t, so that good parents can decided to have one.

- It can be used as a tester for couples trying to adopt a baby. For example 136.000 people were adopted in the U.S in 2008.

-Couples can try  to see if they really want to take the decision of having a real baby and being parents.

- It can be used to teach in a more innovative way, the cares a baby need for a health develop.

-Finally, the caption make us thing that maybe in the future robotic babies will look and act identical to real ones, so people would not actually see any difference.