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Thursday, March 20, 2008

Phobot: A NXT robot simulating emotions


Martyn already has posted about the International Conference about Human-Robot interaction, and one of the robots on display there was Phobot, a NXT robot designed by students of the Univeryity of Amsterdam to mimic emotions. The target of Phobot (that won the Human-Robot Interaction 2008 Student Design Competition) is
"meant as a concept exploring possible support tools for kids with object or location-related phobias,"
as the associated web site states.

Have a look there - you will find a lot of interesting stuff, including a video.

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4 Comments:

At 9:49 AM, Blogger Karl McAuley said...

Surely, this isn't simulating emotions, but simulating the expression of emotion?

Neat robot though.

 
At 3:01 PM, Blogger Krystian Majewski said...

>Surely, this isn't simulating
>emotions, but simulating the
>expression of emotion?

How do you simulate emotions without expressing them?

 
At 6:28 PM, Blogger Robotica said...

Thanks Matthias, you were just ahead of me in posting this.
I will also post about the other robots of the HRI contest, when the material comes available.

Martyn

 
At 2:51 AM, Blogger Robotica said...

see also some movies on youtube:

Youtube Phobot
demonstration at HRI 2008



Martyn

 

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