The researchers said their new robot can synch its facial expression with yours. You know, to make it friendlier.
As advances in robotics and artificial intelligence continue, efforts to make robots less creepy and unsettling and more friendly and human-like are a coveted niche of development. Now, federally funded researchers claim to have created a robot that can mimic the facial expression s of the person that it is talking to.
Researchers claim that the algorithm they’ve developed is able to “predict the target expression that a person will produce on the basis of just initial and subtle changes in their face.” The algorithm then communicates to the robot’s hardware what facial configuration to emulate in “real-time,” researchers say. Actually getting the robot to make a facial expression is a different story. The robot’s various facial configurations are powered by 26 different motors and 26 actuators.
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