Kansei Robot with Emotions
Wednesday, September 7th, 2005 at 1:03 pm in Gadgets
The ability to express feelings is difficult enough for humans, but now a humanoid robot named Kansei is able to frown or smile according to a flow of artificial consciousness.
Kansei’s ability to communicate feelings makes it one step closer to recognizing when humans are happy or sad, an important characteristic for machines expected to one day help care for the elderly, clean house, or greet people at a reception desk.
Kansei, which means “sensibility” and “emotion” in Japanese, also contains speech recognition software, a speaker to vocalize, and motors that contort artificial skin on its face into expressions. The robot could even one day learn to distinguish and articulate whether foods taste good or bad.
Watch Kansei Robot with Emotions
[ via Discovery ]
