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2009-04-06

Japanese Child Robot CB2

Clipped from: Creepy Robot Baby CB2 | Japan Probe

A child-sized android with flexible joints and soft skin developed by the Japan Science and Technology Agency was unveiled Friday at Osaka University, where the agency’s research and development team is based.

The 1.3-meter-tall, 33 kilogram humanoid robot has optical, auditory and tactile sensors. Fifty-one actuators inside its body run on compressed air and enable the robot to make complex movements smoothly.

Clipped from: Japan child robot mimicks infant learning

Japan child robot mimicks infant learning

The creators of the Child-robot with Biomimetic Body, or CB2, say it's slowly developing social skills by interacting with humans and watching their facial expressions, mimicking a mother-baby relationship.

Clipped from: Robotic realism? — Tokyo Times

Robotic realism?

The only problem being that unlike the real thing, CB2 is neither comical nor cute – far from it in fact.The not so little fella’s freakishly real – and at the same time not real – features quite possibly putting people off having kids forever.

Although that said, his (or indeed her) loving look up at its ‘father’ is possibly enough to melt even the coldest of hearts.

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2009-02-27

Einstein Robot

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Einstein Robot - UCSD Machine Perception Laboratory

Scientists at UC San Diego's California Institute for Telecommunications and Information Technology (Calit2) have equipped a robot modeled after the famed theoretical physicist with specialized software that allows it to interact with humans in a relatively natural, conversational way. The so-called "Einstein Robot," which was designed by Hanson Robotics of Dallas, Texas, recognizes a number of human facial expressions and can respond accordingly, making it an unparalleled tool for understanding how both robots and humans perceive emotion, as well as a potential platform for teaching, entertainment, fine arts and even cognitive therapy.

Clipped from: Introducing the scarily realistic Einstein robot who can tell how you feel | Mail Online

Introducing the scarily realistic Einstein robot who can tell how you feel

With a big bushy moustache and a shock of white hair, scientists have modeled an ultra realistic robot on Albert Einstein. [...] Using specialised software the machine can recognise and respond to a number of human facial expressions in a natural way.

Clipped from: Calit2 : It's All Relative: UC San Diego's Einstein Robot Has 'Emotional Intelligence'

"In the short-term, Einstein is being used to develop computer vision so we can see how computers perceive facial expressions and develop hardware to visually react," says Javier Movellan, a research scientist in the Calit2-based UCSD Machine Perception Laboratory (MPL). "This robot is a scientific instrument that we hope will tell us something about human-robot interaction, but also human-to-human interaction.

"When a robot interacts in a way we feel is human, we can't help but react. Developing a robot like this one teaches us how sensitive we are to biological movement and facial expressions, and when we get it right, it's really astonishing."

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Another important part of the robot's inner workings is its Character Engine Artificial Intelligence Control Software, which allows the programmer to author and define the persona of the character so it can hold a conversation.

"Einstein has pretty broad conversational abilities, although not like a human," Hanson notes. "In the demo mode, he might say something like, 'I'm an advanced perceptual robot bringing together many technologies into a whole that's greater than the sum of my parts, but here's what some of my parts can do. I can see your facial expressions and mimic them. I can see your age and gender. So why don't we demo some of these technologies?'"

Clipped from: Einstein Returns As A Robot

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Einstein Returns As A Robot

The robot can recognize and mimic 5,000 facial expressions and is powered by 31 motors and innovative new technology. The Einstein robot could be the next big thing in the world of engineering.

Javier Movellan, a professor at the college, says: "The best expressions that it can recognize right now are expressions of sadness and happiness."

Movellan adds, "You know that children with autism have problems recognizing facial expressions and producing facial expressions in social communication. So we're trying to see whether this robot will actually be useful and helpful to teach children with autism how to communicate with human beings."

Scientists hope to use the technology to improve the way computers relate to people.

2008-11-02

Robot Mimics Facial Expressions

clipped from technology.newscientist.com

Mummy, that robot is making faces at me

Robotics engineers at the University of Bristol, UK, have been grimacing a lot recently, thanks to their copycat robotic head, Jules, which can mimic the facial expressions and lip movements of a human being.

Jules is an animatronic head produced by US roboticist David Hanson, who builds uniquely expressive, disembodied heads with flexible rubber skin that is moved by 34 servo motors.

Human face movements are picked up by a video camera and mapped onto the tiny electronic motors in Jules' skin.

The Bristol team developed its own software to transfer expressions recorded by the video camera into commands to make those servos produce similarly realistic facial movements.

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Humanoid Robotics and Social Interaction

BRL is now engaged in research into how humans and robots interact and exploit representations of ‘emotional’ state using visual and physical cues as well as non-verbal

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