The face of Einstein has been chosen for the world's first emotionally interactive robot.
The model, which recognises and responds to human emotions, incorporates a flesh-like material known as Frubber to create life-like facial expressions.
The Nobel prize-winning physicist was chosen as a well-known scientific figure whose face is familiar and likeable, with expressive features.
The animatronic empath, designed by Hanson Robotics, is engineered to interact with humans and could be used to teach autistic children how to perceive emotion.
Designer David Hanson told UC San Diego News: "Some scientists believe strongly that very human-like robots are so inherently creepy that people can never get over it and interact with them normally.
"These are some of the questions we're trying to address. We're trying to get past the novelty of the technology to a certain extent so that people can socially engage with the robots and get lost in that social engagement."
Any inappropriate social interaction could presumably be curtailed by rebooting the emobot.
(Original story from pa.press.net)
www.hansonrobotics.com
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