Computer Milk » C3P0 http://www.computermilk.net Straight from the teats of technology Fri, 08 Jul 2011 17:16:55 +0000 en hourly 1 Emotional Humanoid Robots http://www.computermilk.net/2009/06/27/emotional-humanoid-robots/ http://www.computermilk.net/2009/06/27/emotional-humanoid-robots/#comments Sat, 27 Jun 2009 16:43:20 +0000 obadiah http://www.computermilk.net/?p=136 Interacting with robots in the future could be easier due to their ability to simulate human emotions. Think C3P0 from Star Wars.

www.youtube.com/watch?v=IZJMzd9ek9A

By moving lips, eyelids, eyebrows, and other bodily joints, a robot named Kobian that was recently unveiled in Japan is able to express its emotions.

www.youtube.com/watch?v=2FBUt336wBI

However, if you’ve ever read The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy, you know about Marvin the paranoid android. Maybe there is a downside to emotional robots. After all, who wants to deal with a depressed robot?

www.youtube.com/watch?v=n_sZD7ZnWvc

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