2010-08-13

Nao, Robot with Emotions

Nao the first robot with 'emotions' unveiled




Scientists from the University of Hertfordshire have unveiled a new robot which they claim is the first to be able to develop and show emotions.

Part of the Feelix Growing (Feel, Interact, Express) project, the robot has been created as a potential 24 hour companion for children in hospital.

Named Nao, the machine is programmed to mimic the emotional skills of a one-year-old child.

It is capable of forming bonds with people when treated with kindness.


 

Meet Nao: The first robot able to develop emotions and form a bond with humans


University of Hertfordshire researcher Dr Lola Canamero with Nao, a robot that can show its emotions and form a bond with humans

It is able to detect human emotions by studying body-language and facial expressions and becomes better at reading someone's mood over time as it grows to 'know' the person.

It is also able to remember its interactions with different people and memorise their faces.

Nao have been created through modelling the early attachment process that human and chimpanzee infants undergo when they are very young.

It forms part of a European project called FEELIX Growing, that is being led by Lola Canamero, a computer scientis at the University of Hertfordshire.

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Adaptive Systems Research Group



The Adaptive Systems Research Group in Hertfordshire is a multidisciplinary group of faculty, students, and friends of the University of Hertfordshire who have a connection to research in Adaptive Systems and related areas. The group was founded and is co-organized by Prof. Kerstin Dautenhahn and Prof. Chrystopher Nehaniv. Other core faculty members of the group include Dr. Lola Cañamero, Dr. Daniel Polani and Dr. Farshid Amirabdollahian.

Externally Funded Projects

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FEELIX GROWING - FEEL, Interact, eXpress: a Global appRoach to develOpment With INterdisciplinary Grounding. The overall goal of this project is the interdisciplinary investigation of socially situated development from an integrated or global perspective, as a key paradigm towards achieving robots that interact with humans in their everyday environments in a rich, flexible, autonomous, and user-centred way.

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FEELIX GROWING | FEEL, Interact, eXpress

Our Goal

The overall goal of this project is the interdisciplinary investigation of socially situated development from an integrated or global perspective, as a key paradigm towards achieving robots that interact with humans in their everyday environments in a rich, flexible, autonomous, and user-centred way.






Collected from: YouTube - Nao Robot


Sources
BBC - Nao the first robot with 'emotions' unveiled
http://news.bbc.co.uk/local/threecounties/hi/people_and_places/newsid_8900000/8900417.stm
Meet Nao: The first robot able to develop emotions and form a bond with humans | Mail Online
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-1301512/Meet-Nao-The-robot-able-develop-emotions-form-bond-humans.html?ito=feeds-newsxml
Adaptive Systems Research Group
http://adapsys.feis.herts.ac.uk/
Adaptive Systems Research Group
http://adapsys.feis.herts.ac.uk/
FEELIX GROWING | FEEL, Interact, eXpress
http://www.feelix-growing.org/
Aldebaran Robotics, the creators of Nao | Aldebaran Robotics
http://www.aldebaran-robotics.com/en/index.php
YouTube - Nao Robot
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2STTNYNF4lk&feature=player_embedded

Related
Lola Canamero @ UH
http://homepages.feis.herts.ac.uk/~comqlc/
Aldebaran Robotics, the creators of Nao | Aldebaran Robotics
http://www.aldebaran-robotics.com/en/index.php
Nao for education | Aldebaran Robotics
http://www.aldebaran-robotics.com/en/naoeducation
Robots don't feel. Why pretend they do? Andrew Brown | Comment is free | guardian.co.uk
http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/andrewbrown/2010/aug/10/robots-emotion-ethics-philosophy
About Feelix Growing | FEELIX GROWING
http://www.feelix-growing.org/node/3

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