News tagged with human robot interaction

Teaching robots to move like humans (w/ Video)

When people communicate, the way they move has as much to do with what they're saying as the words that come out of their mouths. But what about when robots communicate with people? How can robots use non-verbal ...

Electronics / Robotics

created Mar 07, 2011 | popularity 4.9 / 5 (11) | comments 1 | with audio podcast

The Origin of Artificial Species: Creating Artificial Personalities

(PhysOrg.com) -- Does your robot seem to be acting a bit neurotic? Maybe it's just their personality. Recently, a team of researchers has designed computer-coded genomes for artificial creatures in which a ...

Technology / Computer Sciences

created May 14, 2009 | popularity 3.8 / 5 (11) | comments 6 feature

It's All Relative: UCSD's Einstein Robot Has 'Emotional Intelligence' (Video)

(PhysOrg.com) -- Albert Einstein may have written his last scientific theory more than half a century ago, but he's still honing his emotional intelligence in a laboratory at the University of California, ...

Electronics / Robotics

created Feb 13, 2009 | popularity 4.1 / 5 (10) | comments 6

Montpellier team turns tables on robot-human interactions (w/ video)

(PhysOrg.com) -- Robots have entered a newer phase of serving, not obeying. for use in medical settings. Chapter one in robotics history encouraged a perception of clever little machines skating around with ...

Electronics / Robotics

created Nov 18, 2011 | popularity 4.8 / 5 (8) | comments 6 | with audio podcast report

Wag the Robot? Brown scientists build robot that responds to human gestures

(PhysOrg.com) -- Imagine a day when you turn to your own personal robot, give it a task and then sit down and relax, confident that your robot is doing exactly what you wanted it to do.

Electronics / Robotics

created Mar 11, 2009 | popularity 4.2 / 5 (5) | comments 2

Human-like robot smiles, scolds in Japan classroom

(AP) -- Japan's robot teacher calls roll, smiles and scolds, drawing laughter from students with her eerily lifelike face. But the developer says it's not about to replace human instructors.

Electronics / Robotics

created Mar 11, 2009 | popularity 3.8 / 5 (4) | comments 1

The inhumanness of technology

Ever get the feeling that a thumbs-up on Facebook just isn't the same as seeing a friend? Ever feel like you want more than 140 characters from someone?

Technology / Hi Tech & Innovation

created Mar 17, 2011 | popularity 4 / 5 (2) | comments 2

Human-robot interaction

Human-robot interaction is the study of interactions between humans and robots. It is often referred as HRI by researchers. Human-Robot interaction is a multidisciplinary field with contributions from human-computer interaction, artificial intelligence, robotics, natural language understanding, and social sciences.

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