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Noelle the Pregnant Robot.

By Alex in Science & Tech on Apr 25, 2006 at 2:01 am


Gaumard Scientific Co.’s $20,000 "pregnant" robot is used to train doctors and nurses deal with complications of pregnancy:

The full-sized, blond, pale mannequin is in demand because medicine is rapidly abandoning centuries-old training methods that use patients as guinea pigs, turning instead to high-tech simulations. It’s better to make a mistake on a $20,000 robot
than a live patient. …

She can be programmed for a variety of complications and for cervix dilation. She can labor for hours and produce a breach baby or unexpectedly give birth in a matter of minutes.

She ultimately delivers a plastic doll that can change colors, from a healthy pink glow to the deadly blue of oxygen deficiency. The baby mannequin is wired to flash vital signs when hooked up to monitors.

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  1. Loopy Loo
    Apr 25th, 2006 at 5:38 pm

    There's a corny joke in here, somewhere; it's just not coming to me...

  2. Gebärmaschine « Glück auf! - Andreas sein Weblog
    Apr 26th, 2006 at 3:09 pm

    [...] [via] Forschung und Wissenschaft, Robotik [...]

  3. leeshan
    Apr 13th, 2007 at 5:36 am

    this is disgusting

  4. emma fonepay
    Apr 29th, 2007 at 11:15 am

    yoour invention is wacky and a good idea if i would of thought of that my mom and dad would be very pruod of there baby lol good invention once again i love it!!! one question how did you come up with the idea of a pregnant robot its so amazing i dont no how i would of thought of that good job hopefully it becomes succesful!!!!
    yours truly
    Emma fonepay

  5. Melissa
    Apr 29th, 2007 at 10:24 pm

    Wow! I wish I had $20,000... that's awesome...
    I guess I'll just stick to my $250 mannequin.

  6. SElaplana
    Jun 18th, 2007 at 4:00 am

    amazing vagina. does it expand as the robot child goes out?

  7. z?kk?m?n koku
    May 3rd, 2008 at 10:25 am

    ne gerek?

  8. Athaya A.
    May 5th, 2008 at 7:36 am

    YUCHHH!!

  9. Natisha
    Jan 8th, 2009 at 2:10 pm

    I like this was a very good idea. Awesome whoever thought of it is a brainiac. KUDOS

  10. stickittothe
    Feb 20th, 2009 at 12:39 am

    leeshan,

    disgusting you say?
    just remember where you came from...
    the first carpet you munched was your mothers, unless you were born in a vat full of amniotic fluid...

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