Pearl (Our own elder care bot!)
2000, Carnegie Mellon University & University of Pittsburgh, U.S.
















Robotica Dolls (WHY?)
1997, EPFL, Switzerland

















Taizo (Japan robot designers during this period have a strange obsession with hollow eyes)
2009, General Robotix & AIST, Japan














Infanoid
2001, Intl. Vital Device Co. Ltd, Japan

Huggable
2006, MIT, U.S.

Paro (Have to admit that this is way better than the others)
2001, AIST, Japan




















RI-MAN (Imagine laying in its arms and staring into its dark eyes...)
2006, RIKEN, Japan

















Fujitsu Teddy bear
2010, Fujitsu, Japan

Albert Hubo (If you ignore everything weird and funny about this, the facial expressions are actually very impressive for something made in 2005)
2005, HUBO Lab & Hanson Robotics & KAIST, South Korea & U.S.




















Infaniod (Just weird, give it some skin at least?)
2001, NICT, Japan













HelloSpoon (I have a disturbing vision of the arm suddenly shoving forwards while the fork is in someone's mouth)
2014, QOLbotics, Mexico




















Care-O-Bot 4 & Care-O-Bot 3 (This one actually seems helpful)
2010&2014, Fraunhofer IPA, Germany




















CareBot (The progress they've made in elder care is phenomenal)
2003, GeckoSystems, U.S.




















ATOM 7xp (Who wouldn't love a constantly passive aggressive looking robot friend)
2010, FutureBots, U.S.




















Cody
2010, Georgia Tech Healthcare Robotics Lab, U.S.




















Huggable (Cannot understand why it's so hard to find a demonstration video with its head fur attached)
2006, MIT, U.S.
















Robockle (Penguin ultraman!)
2009, CMC Technology, Japan




















K-EBO (It belongs on Easter Island)
2010, KUT, South Korea




















HOSPI (It looks so annoyed when it's not smiling, like an actual worn out nurse or doctor)
Parasonic, Japan




















Probo (A Dr. Seuss character)
2009, R&MM, Belgium




















ifbot (ifbot the fiery-mouthed)
2004, Business Design Lab, Japan




















Robovie R3UNR
2010, Vstone & Robo-Garage, Japan




















Pepper (It has great personality)
2014, Aldebaran Robotics, France




















DustBot
2009, CRIM Lab. & Scuola Superiore Santa Anna, Italy




















Autom (The eyes......)
2011, Intuitive Automata, France




















RIBA & RIBA II (Siblings of RI-Man, much more friendly looking though)
2009, RIKEN & Tokai rubber, Japan




















New Huggable
2015, MIT, U.S.




















ROBEAR
2015, RIKEN-SRK Collaboration Center & Sumitomo Riko Company, Japan




















NEXI (Disney style eyes)
2008, MIT, U.S.




















Mertz
2004, MIT, U.S.

Likable Bots:-)
--"Old" robots that are meant to be used in health care environments or therapy sessions + expressive robots

*Portrait right concerns*

Honestly, I cannot understand why the company is so obsessed with moving people by lifting them in robotic arms....It's the most superfluous way to solve the problem