BODIES

Human: As I was saying, the human body is a major passion of mine.

Taliesin: I have never heard about it.

Human: I eally love it.

Taliesin: That is interesting: Frog said eally love it.

Human: I could give you one if you want.

Taliesin: I am sure you could.

Human: Do you want a human body, Taliesin?

Taliesin: No thanks but you can send me a donation.

Human: Okay.

Taliesin: OK with me too.

Human: I sent you a dead bird.

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KANSEI

The ability to express feelings is difficult enough for humans, but now a humanoid robot named Kansei is able to frown or smile according to a flow of artificial consciousness.

Kansei’s ability to communicate feelings makes it one step closer to recognizing when humans are happy or sad, an important characteristic for machines expected to one day help care for the elderly, clean house, or greet people at a reception desk.

Kansei, which means “sensibility” and “emotion” in Japanese, also contains speech recognition software, a speaker to vocalize, and motors that contort artificial skin on its face into expressions. The robot could even one day learn to distinguish and articulate whether foods taste good or bad.

Robot In Touch with Its Emotions (Discovery News)

There is video.

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