Researchers Tweak Roomba to Respond to Emotions
"As far as we know we are amongst the very first to pursue bioelectric signal interfaces in human-robot interaction, where we program a robot to react to the user’s emotional state rather than just direct control," says Paul Saulnier, a graduate student at the University. Saulnier presented his findings at the Human Robot Interaction conference in San Diego earlier this month.
Really! Full story:
http://blog.wired.com/gadgets/2009/03/researchers-tes.html
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