The Science of Human-Robot Love

Tagged: Love, Robot, Science, Entertainment, Technology
Source: Slashdot - Read the full article
Posted: 1 year 46 weeks ago

"By harnessing a new sphere of science called 'lovotics', Hooman Samani, an artificial intelligence researcher at the Social Robotics Lab at the National University of Singapore, believes it is possible to engineer love between humans and robots. Samani's robots have artificial psychological and biological systems that mimic the human brain and endocrine systems, and use movements, sounds, and lights to show their mood and level of affection for a human."

 

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