http://www.experientia.com/blog/the-rise-of-the-emotional-robot/ Daily insights on user experience, experience design and people-centred innovation Thu, 26 Jan 2012 19:46:09 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 http://www.experientia.com/blog/the-rise-of-the-emotional-robot/comment-page-1/#comment-58085 The rise of the emotional robot — iRboto.com, not iRobot.com ;-) Sun, 06 Apr 2008 11:42:03 +0000 http://www.experientia.com/blog/the-rise-of-the-emotional-robot/#comment-58085 [...] Paul Marks examines in the New Scientist how far people are prepared to go in accepting robots as social partners. “Duke is careering noisily across a living room floor resplendent in the dark blue and white colours of Duke University in Durham, North Carolina. He’s no student but a disc-shaped robotic vacuum cleaner called the Roomba. Not only have his owners dressed him up, they have also given him a name and gender. Duke is not alone. Such behaviour is common, and takes myriad forms ac Read more… [...] [...] Paul Marks examines in the New Scientist how far people are prepared to go in accepting robots as social partners. “Duke is careering noisily across a living room floor resplendent in the dark blue and white colours of Duke University in Durham, North Carolina. He’s no student but a disc-shaped robotic vacuum cleaner called the Roomba. Not only have his owners dressed him up, they have also given him a name and gender. Duke is not alone. Such behaviour is common, and takes myriad forms ac Read more… [...]

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