The Feelix Growing project is working on making robots more life like. Using sensors and cameras that detect facial expressions, voice fluctuation, gait recognition and proximity, researchers are giving the robots the ability to detect and understand emotions in humans. The machines are also able to learn from actions and expressions they observe in human subjects, adding to their menu of behaviors. It’s hoped that eventually these robots could be empathetic companions for the elderly and people with disabilities.
[via Engadget]
LOL. damn, i was HOPING theyd make some way to get us away from those god damn elderly abd disabled!! If anyone deserves robots its them! maybe we could get robots for those annoying things called ‘kids’ too? great.
July 20th, 2008 at 3:55 pm