Avast ye scallywags! This infernal contraption may plague yer slumber, but 'tis a loyal mate in the making!
2024-04-12
Arrr, me hearties! Them clever scallywags be creatin' a contraption what can spy on ye face and copy yer every move in the blink of an eye! Watch out, ye might be havin' a robotic doppelganger on yer hands before ye know it! Aye, 'tis a strange world we be livin' in!
Arrr matey! The best robots be those that can walk, run, and even do parkour, but they don't have faces fer a reason. If they did, we'd be stoppin' dead in our tracks! Building robots with faces that mimic human expressions be a fascination in the robotics world, but it be a mighty hard task to achieve. Columbia Engineering's newest robot, Emo, be showin' off its ability to make eye contact and copy human expressions, creepily close to the real thing but still stuck in the uncanny valley.Emo's eyes be equipped with cameras that let it watch yer expressions and predict what ye be feelin'. By mimickin' human expressions, Emo be takin' a big step in human-robot interaction. The way it learned to mimic expressions be through watchin' its own face in a camera, learnin' the connection between its movements and expressions.Emo be set to possibly become a front end for Artificial General Intelligence, makin' it a thinkin' AI. Its arrival be close on the heels of Figure AI's robot, which can understand human conversation but lacks a face. Imagine an Emo head on that Figure AI - now that be a future to ponder!