Japanese scientists developed a creepy eye-rolling and convulsing robot child that medics could practice on.

Kyoto-based robotic startup company Tmsuk created Pedia_Roid which was designed to simulate a child experiencing medical emergencies such as seizures, cardiac arrest, and convulsions.

Footage shows the little android girl lying on a surgical bed while flailing her arms and feet appear to have seizures and convulsions. Another clip showed her rolling her eyes and throwing a tantrum before dentists checked on her teeth, like a five-year-old girl.

To complete the look, the 3.6ft-tall robot weighing 23kg was made to wear a cute blouse and pants and wore a tiny hair clip for her fringes.

Tmsuk’s chief Yuji Kawakubo said: ‘New doctors, nurses and EMTs often panic under pressure because they’ve only practised on motionless dummies.

‘Pedia_Roid not only develops symptoms but also throws a tantrum,
forcing students to hold it down while trying to treat the child. It’s an ultimate emergency simulator.’

The robot could also cry and talk from a speaker with multiple sensors. More features included a beating heart, replenishable imitation blood for blood drawing practice, pulse, flexible mouth and tongue, and replaceable individual teeth that could be shaved and drilled, among others. Its 24-hour behaviour could be programmed on a computer to mimic symptoms.

A model of the robot child currently costs 25 million Japanese yen or 155,325 GBP.

The robotic startup chief added that they hoped to help medical trainees save lives under tremendous pressure even before they work in the field.

He said: ‘We pulled together our robotic expertise to create a humanoid that suddenly falls ill or
presents drastic changes in symptoms, so medical trainees can experience tense moments and
learn how to save lives under tremendous pressure.’