Monday, September 20, 2010

Emotional robot pets

See original story at Eurekalert.org

Don't you hate it when your robotic dog doesn't notice that you're annoyed at its barking? I know I do.
"Designers of robot pets are fighting a never-ending battle with consumers to provide entertaining and realistic gadgets that respond to human interaction in ever more nuanced ways, mimicking the behavior of real pet animals or even people. Researchers in Taiwan are now looking at a new design paradigm that could see the development of a robot vision module that might one-day recognize human facial expressions and respond appropriately."

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