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- inactive, on 06/24/2009, -0/+37"The Emotional Humanoid Robot can express seven different feelings"
The term "express" is used very loosely here. The robot can't "express" anything. - peestandingup, on 06/24/2009, -2/+39Is that the "gay" emotion??
- MurphyWatson, on 06/24/2009, -1/+29This is ***** stupid. Because a machine can emulate noises and some expression doesn't mean it can feel emotions.
- mattmollysdad, on 06/24/2009, -0/+24Cylons are better looking.
- TheBifman, on 06/24/2009, -1/+20Motors moving things that look like faces, stunning
/s - rikwakefield, on 06/24/2009, -1/+20Kill it. Kill it with fire.
- Frankenstein918, on 06/24/2009, -0/+17Looks more like ***** with eyelids.
A screen displaying images of a face would emote better than this thing. - kevbryant, on 06/24/2009, -1/+17will it be able to do it at the appropriate time? or will it be like a woman.
- ghatid, on 06/24/2009, -0/+16"Soft human like hands"
You mean those gloves filled with air? - pegothejerk, on 06/24/2009, -0/+15If he runs on Windows then he can express his "outlook".
- wonderchemist, on 06/24/2009, -0/+15Which one is homicidal robot rage? I wanna make sure I know before the robot rebellion starts.
- ScottMcIntyre, on 06/24/2009, -1/+15Definitely the campest robot I've seen in a while...
- PixelMagic, on 06/24/2009, -1/+14The robot appears to be in a constant state of fellatic longing.
- Kazbaeden, on 06/24/2009, -0/+12It's not expressing emotions; it's striking poses to mimic humans. These are very different things.
I hate the fact that they're using that term. Expressing emotions is one of the loftiest goals for roboticists, and it's something which we will probably never see in our lifetime, if it's even possible at all.
As far as I can tell, this is not different from the animatronics in Disney World, except that it can balance on its own (something which is now very trivial in robotics). - cawfee, on 06/24/2009, -1/+11I'd rather go see a human displaying robot emotions.
- a2fan, on 06/24/2009, -0/+7If it runs on Windows then it can "excel" at security exploits. word.
- xyllar, on 06/24/2009, -0/+7That's right, this robot is the first step to actually building a real C-3PO.
- inactive, on 06/24/2009, -1/+7Here's another robot showing human emotion: http://tinyurl.com/nphhb9
- grantmoore3d, on 06/24/2009, -0/+6These robotics developers really need someone with a background in animatronics arts to make it look cool before going to the press. That thing is just freaky!
- Kazbaeden, on 06/24/2009, -0/+6You must be in a Frat.
- CBKBAMF, on 06/24/2009, -0/+5I thought the same thing... it's not expressing anything, it's "emulating" emotions.
- nickem, on 06/25/2009, -0/+5I think that it expressed human programming incompetence very well.
- PowderedToasty, on 06/24/2009, -1/+6Looking like you're feeling something and feeling something are two very different things. Isn't this just a puppet?
- CaptObvious, on 06/24/2009, -0/+5Professor Hobby: [after stabbing the mecha's hand in a demonstration] How did that make you feel? Angry? Shocked?
Secretary: I don't understand.
Professor Hobby: What did I do to your feelings?
Secretary: You did it to my hand. - inactive, on 06/24/2009, -1/+5Can it feel bitter disappointment at the sight of my far-below-average-sized wang?
- iagainsti, on 06/24/2009, -2/+6scroll down... tard.
- Amadeus2490, on 06/24/2009, -0/+4::Diggs you down once just so I can digg you up twice::
- GMH24, on 06/24/2009, -0/+4When they come out with something actually useful and practical, then they can have that title. For now, they simply make a bunch of expensive puppets with absolutely no substance to them.
- Kazbaeden, on 06/24/2009, -0/+4You bring up a very interesting philosophical question about the nature of human emotions.
The way I see it, there are two ways to modulate our emotions. The first, which you present, is through chemicals. This is demonstrated in drugs like anti-depressants, and even chocolate.
Then there's the more human-specific emotion which is modulated by our intellect. Just lay back and think about your graduation, your wedding, the day your first child was born. These thoughts alone will make you feel happy. Now, you could say it is the thought which is causing the chemicals to release, but then we have to define a thought, and how a thought can cause a phisiological change, something which we can't do yet in humans, and which we may not even be able to replicate in robots. - darzeecompany, on 06/24/2009, -2/+6You're a machine. You're just an infinitely more complex one made out of different parts.
edit: ...but you're right, emulation doesn't mean the emotion exists in the machine. - hpodity, on 06/24/2009, -0/+4but can it love?
- inactive, on 06/24/2009, -0/+4Does he have the sexually embarrassed but awkwardly exciting bead of sweat on the side of his head emotion?
- Amadeus2490, on 06/24/2009, -0/+4"I made myself feel bad!" - Bender
- DarkBlueAnt, on 06/24/2009, -0/+4Back in the 1950's people imagined that by 2000 we'd have robots living with people... but here we are almost at 2010 and an automatic marionette is still the closest we can get.
- Xaevier, on 06/24/2009, -1/+5This is Skynets first step toward an infiltrator, I mean just look at this thing I couldn't tell the difference between the scientist and the robot!
- CaptObvious, on 06/24/2009, -0/+4Do you have to turn on captcha? I've never seen it here on digg.
- proplayer805, on 06/24/2009, -3/+6Kurt?
- Professr, on 06/24/2009, -0/+3This is just another in a long line of robots (like Kismet) who can mimic human emotional expressions. This is lame, does not deserve the sensational title it was given, and will not be dugg by me. Yes, robots are cool, but you ruined it by going "OMG ROBOTS HAVE EMOTIONS NAO!"
- luckless, on 06/24/2009, -1/+4But hath not a robot eyes? Hath not a robot hands, organs, dimensions, senses, affections, passions? If you prick us, do we not bleed?!
- goobly, on 06/24/2009, -1/+4Agreed.
- mbelrose, on 06/24/2009, -1/+4More to the point, if you're so sure you have consciousness, how are you sure other things don't? My keyboard is pleased with this comment.
- B1665r, on 06/24/2009, -0/+3I say we take off and nuke the entire site from orbit, its the only way to be sure.
- avianeddy, on 06/24/2009, -0/+3Big deal!
My monitor can display many things more than that. - inactive, on 06/24/2009, -1/+4Human emotions are just predefined chemical reactions. These reactions tell our brains to strike poses and even mimic other humans via mirror neurons. Besides the obvious mechanism of delivery, what's so different? It doesn't matter if the end result comes from a chemical reaction or electricity flowing through a wire.
The robot isn't aware of what he's doing like humans (That's only a matter of time" but they are still emotions. - inactive, on 06/24/2009, -0/+3To any potential oblivious downvoters: This is a great line delivered by Bender in the Futurama episode "Bend Her" Ep. 413
- inactive, on 06/24/2009, -2/+5can you have sex with it? No? Then who gives a *****
- nyxerebos, on 06/24/2009, -0/+3all the damn time
- sdipaola, on 06/24/2009, -0/+3The media is reporting this very badly ( as they typically do w/science) - the advance here is a hardware or device advance - that it can control with more range. more human movement based mechanism - lips, eyes, ... Then to prove that they created poses they are calling emotions - which a human will read as emotion. So combined with a significant dialog/gesture/emotion/expression AI system, conceivable this device would display the output of the AI system better ( more fluidily, better range, more human like movement). Much of the media is implying there is this AI system in it.
- L0WR1D3R, on 06/24/2009, -0/+3Seriously who cares about emotions? Just focus on giving them practical applications, like cooking or cleaning.
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