Researchers at the Japan Science and Technology Agency unveiled a child-sized android Friday. The 1.3-meter-tall humanoid robot, called CB2 (Child-Robot with Biometric Body), runs on compressed air and is capable of reacting to its surroundings by blinking and making facial expressions. The robot can also stand up with assistance (pictured). Read more at I4U News(1); Video available at Tokyo Times(2).

1. http://www.i4u.com/article9295.html
2. http://www.wordpress.tokyotimes.org/?p=1591