chasing the future: challenges and opportunites in the design of emotional robots

Chasing the futureModern & cultural challenges of designing emotional robots

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10 partners

5 robots

What is aCompanion? A friend or acquaintance you associate yourself with.

Companions

companeros

Companions

Companions

Your first companion?

What makes a good companion?

1.Understand users & their emotions2.Understand context3.Grow old gracefully4.Learn to forget5.Adapt

What makes a good companion?

1.Understand users & their emotions1. Understand2. Mimic to show they’ve understood

What makes a good companion?

1.Understand users & their emotions2.Understand context

" If the sum of positive emotions is bigger than the sum of the negative emotions over the last n time periods then the agent is in good mood or is in bad mood.”

What makes a good companion?

1.Understand users & their emotions2.Understand context3.Grow old gracefully

Floppy Neck Syndrome

What makes a good companion?

1.Understand users & their emotions2.Understand context3.Grow old gracefully4.Learn to forget

What makes a good companion?

1.Understand users & their emotions2.Understand context3.Grow old gracefully4.Learn to forget5.Adapt

So what?

Ceci n’est pas un robot

Hi!

Are we designing ourselves out of the equation?

Do we need new services for these companions?

Being human now.

Connecting the dots.

Gentle robotisation?

Who is learning?

“You’re vulnerable, you’re vulnerable,You are not a robot,You’re loveable, so loveable.”

- Marina & The Diamonds

Do we make goodcompanions?

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