No, I'm not deluded into thinking these new Bandai BabyAnimal robots are even remotely real - they stare at you with lifeless glass (plastic?) eyes and remain immobile until you make them do something. All the same, they can melt my geeky robot-loving heart into a puddle of goo. Created by CCP, a part of Bandai Namco Group, are four BabyAnimal variants: polar bear, white tiger, lion and panda. The toys have a sitting height of 35 cm (around 14 inches) and run on four AA batteries.

There are four sensors embedded inside the toy, so every time you touch its neck, chest and head area, it emits the corresponding animal's sounds. Ignore it for five minutes or lull it in your arms and it will go to sleep; to wake it up, you'd have to pull its ear. It will be available in Japan this week for $80 per cuddly robot, although according to CrunchGear, there could be a chance for the BabyAnimal bots to be available in the Unites States.