Miscellaneous

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Robots in a Human World

Published on Nov 25, 2014

From disaster recovery to caring for the elderly in the home, NSF-funded scientists and engineers are developing robots that can handle critical tasks in close proximity to humans, safely and with greater resilience than previous generations of intelligent machines.

Roboticists Julie Shah of MIT, Michael Peshkin of Northwestern, Allison Okamura of Stanford, and Lynn Parker of NSF talk about the challenges and benefits involved in the creation of cooperative robots.

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In Japanese nursing home patients treated with robotic seals

Published on Aug 6, 2013

In Japanese nursing homes runs the program, in which a lone grandparents provide robotic seal named Paro. Cute and fluffy devices express emotions (surprise, happiness, and even anger), respond to his name, and learn to respond to the words ...

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Article "My robot friend: People find real comfort in artificial companionship"

by Nidhi Subbaraman
June 3, 2013

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Article "Robots that may help you in your silver age"

by SPARC
April 7, 2016

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Article "The one-armed robot that will look after me until I die"

by Geoff Watts
April 20, 2016

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The future of social robots

Published on Jan 21, 2017

Could a robot be your best friend? Designing robots that interact with humans is challenging. Not only do you need to get the tech right so that the robot can operate within a human environment, you have to understand human psychology to make the experience a positive one. We look into the considerations computer scientists have to make in order to create the robots we'll socialize with in the future.

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Article "Understanding social robotics"

by Thosha Moodley
January 24, 2017