Tuesday, March 3, 2015

Charismatic Machines & Robot Comedy from SXSW 2013

Charismatic Machines & Robot Comedy from SXSW 2013
At the 2013 SXSW Interactive Festival, IEEE presented the "Charismatic Machines & Robot Comedy" featuring Heather Knight, Electrical Engineer and Roboticist, and her robot, Data. Heather designs unique interfaces between people and machines that incorporate body language, personality, humor, temperament and spectacular stylings. Leveraging her research, Heather explores the ways psychology, expressive emotion, behavior system design and art influence the positive evolution of charismatic technology.

In an age where highly capable machines enter our daily lives, social robotics focuses on how machines can empower people -- not replace them.


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