« on: February 07, 2014, 04:43:39 AM »
Introducing ERWIN, the robot with feelings
ELISA CRIADO Thursday 06 February 2014
Meet ERWIN, the robot designed to bond with us.
ERWIN (Emotional Robot with Intelligent Network) has been developed at the University of Lincoln as part of a study attempting to understand how long-term relationships may be forged between humans and androids. These durable relationships could be important in cases where a robot operates as a personal aid or companion, for example when providing care for the elderly or support for people with autism.
Dr John Murray, from the School of Computer Science at Lincoln, is behind the ‘friendly robot’, which is now being used in a new study carried out by PhD student Mriganka Biswas.
Biswas said: "When two people interact for the first time, if the two different personalities attract each other, a relationship forms. But, in the case of conventional human-robot interaction, after gathering information about the robot, the robot's lack of identifiable characteristics and personality prevents any relationship bond developing."
[youtube=425,350]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5YqcxKeTkk0[/youtube]
The key obstacle in forming a bond with a robot may lie in our flawed human thought processes. As humans, we have the tendency to use certain illogical patterns of thought, or cognitive biases, when making judgements about the world and other people around us. We do this because these shortcuts allow us to make quicker decisions and free up our limited mental space for dealing with unfamiliar input. Our biases shape our personality, and according to Biswas, are what make us human.
It'll go with their blow-up sheep!
http://www.independent.co.uk/life-style/gadgets-and-tech/introducing-erwin-the-robot-with-feelings-9113082.html
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