Check out Stelarc¹s take on this http://thinkinghead.edu.au/
Regards Simon On 24/11/08 16:01, "marc garrett" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Scientists add emotions to robotic head. > > Claiming that service-class robots will one day be pervasive, > researchers at the University of the West of England's Bristol Robotics > Laboratory (BRL) have begun investigating ways to make robots seem more > human. > > Just as PCs are now common in households, workplaces, and parts of our > environment, BRL expects "service-class" robotic devices to become "a > pervasive element of our future society." This will represent a "huge > opportunity for life enhancement and commercial exploitation," the lab adds. > > Typical occupations for tomorrow's robotic underlings are expected to > include: > > * Aids for the elderly > * Domestic servants > * Tour guides > * Hotel porters > * Non beer-drinking "assistants" on construction sites > * Leisure/gaming robots > * Numerous military roles > * "...and so on" > > Since service-class robots will occupy environments that contain people, > there's a fundamental need for them to interact in an easy and natural > manner with their human companions, BRL notes. > > more... > http://www.deviceguru.com/scientists-add-emotions-to-robotic-head/ > _______________________________________________ > NetBehaviour mailing list > [email protected] > http://www.netbehaviour.org/mailman/listinfo/netbehaviour Simon Biggs Research Professor edinburgh college of art [EMAIL PROTECTED] www.eca.ac.uk www.eca.ac.uk/circle/ [EMAIL PROTECTED] www.littlepig.org.uk AIM/Skype: simonbiggsuk Edinburgh College of Art (eca) is a charity registered in Scotland, number SC009201
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