http://www.jeap.org/web/ "Noby" stands for "not a real baby". The Noby robot presents infant human behavior. It then attempts to achieve typical human child development using oral, visual, and tactile sensors on the robot and artificially intelligent software. The AI software learns apparently in the ways behaviorial scientists have determined infants learn from their environment. "JEAP" is a Japanese project. The story is care of the BBC News: http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/world/10318745.stm