Gallery: This Robot Baby Factory Is the Stuff of Nightmares
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A RealCare Baby lies on the repair desk.
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Realityworks also sells scientific models, like this one showing a pregnant torso.
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Baby heads fill a box at Realityworks.
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An employee hits a baby with a padded mallet to ensure it's functioning properly.
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Circuit boards fill a bin. The guts of each doll contain a circuit board, a rechargeable battery pack and sensors.
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Julie Nyhus is the company's manufacturing and operations manager. Behind her, a window offers a view into the factory.
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Babies sit atop a shipment box at Realityworks.
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Employee Nate Puzio likes to call himself the Supreme Overlord of Repairs. He sits at his station, where he fixes broken dolls.
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An employee builds a tower of baby heads.
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An employee repairs the speaker inside a doll.
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A baby painted to look like Avatar sits atop a file cabinet.
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Terri Lokken holds a completed RealCare Baby. She assembles the dolls and also tests them for quality control.
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Realityworks has a trade-in program that allows users to send in old versions of the RealCare Baby for new ones. The vinyl dolls are disassembled and send to a recycling plant. The company has recycled 60,000 pounds of vinyl since 2008.
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