New Robot with Facial Expressions

by phil on Sunday Apr 27, 2003 1:08 PM
artificial intelligence, emotions

New Scientist - New robot face smiles and sneers K-bot has a full repertoire of facial expressions, say her creators - she could help scientists researching artificial intelligence By Shaoni Bhattacharya, Denver

Wow, I'd love to have access to the knobs that control this dummy. The interface would probably be some sort of web or hierarchy of rich phrases that describe the multiplicity of complex emotions. A few interesting ones:
"Happy but exhausted and a little bit anxious"
"Happy but unsure of impending danger"
"Happy but wishing one were elsewhere"
"Happy but angry at the happiness giver"
"Happy but full of relief from previous anger"

(buckylooloo)