The tmsuk Pedia-Roid ER training robot for healthcare worker training on pediatric patients is demonstrated during the Consumer Electronics Show. — AFP
LAS VEGAS: A lifelike, child-size doll writhed and cried before slightly shocked onlookers snapping smartphone pictures Wednesday at the CES tech show - where the line between cool and slightly disturbing robots can be thin.
"Oh! The eyes are very scary," said Marcelo Humerez, an exhibitor from Peru who happened upon the Pedia-Roid, which is designed for medical training, as its eyes went white.
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