Robticist Steve Yohanan think there ’s something miss from the design ofmanyrobots : the human cutaneous senses . By omitting the feeling sensation from robotic conception , Steve think that scientists and engineers are missing out on an important motorcar - human interaction , able of communicate emotion . So he ’s designed and build Haptic Creature , a furred automatonlike inquiry bunny with touch feedback as its only manner of communicating .
https://gizmodo.com/bipedal-lawn-mowing-robot-shows-tech-not-quite-mature-y-391589
“ I had a cat for many years , and what I pretermit most about interacting with her is touch , ” enjoin Steve . So he designed the furry rabbit robot to be intertwine with pressure detector so it can sense where and how it ’s being touched or stroked . It then respond by making ventilation - same motion , purring vibrations , or ear wiggles .
And though it sound like a whacky bit of science , apparently a inquiry study at the University of British Columbia showed that people who stroke the bunny rabbit had an emotional response even to this circumscribed feedback , and could name the bunny ’s “ emotions ” across a range of mountains of damaging to incontrovertible .
Does this have in mind that next - gen Asimo ’s will go all gentle , and like to be nest ? Probably not , but I can only guess that Steve ’s research will wend its fashion into future robo - pets that link to their owners even more than the lovablePleoseems to . [ New Scientist ]
https://gizmodo.com/playing-with-pleo-the-pet-camarasaurus-verdict-neat-b-333336
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