human-like robots and androids
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Human-Like Robots and Androids. by: Andrea Sloane COMP 4620 Fall 2007. Human-Like Robots and Androids are Designed to Resemble Humans in the Most Life-Like Fashion Possible. Human-like Appearance Joint Movement Facial Expressions Sensors for Reacting Speaking Ability - PowerPoint PPT PresentationTRANSCRIPT
by: Andrea SloaneCOMP 4620
Fall 2007
Human-Like Robots and Androids are Designed to Resemble Humans in the Most Life-Like Fashion Possible
Human-like Appearance
Joint Movement
Facial Expressions
Sensors for Reacting
Speaking Ability
Ability to Pick-up, Drop, Kick and Throw Objects
Repliee Q1Expo Professor Hiroshi Ishiguro
Flexible Silicone for Skin
Flutter Eyelids
Move Hands
Appears to Breathe
Sensors and Motors to Turn and React
42 Actuators in Upper Body and Air Compressor
Internal sensors allow this android to react in a natural form. For instance, it has the ability to block an attempted slap.
It makes constant shifting motions that simulate human movement.
EveR-2 MuseThe Entertainer Robot
Skin of Silicone
60 Joints Throughout Face, Neck , Body
Facial Movements , Some Dancing and Singing
EveR-2 Muse has the ability to make facial expressions such as joy, boredom, anger, sorrow and happiness.
Robot World 2006 sang the Korean ballad “I Will Close My Eyes For You”
Actroid DER2 Fembotby Koroko
Natural Expressions
Take Part in Events & Presentations
Choreograph Her Motions and Gestures with Her Voice
Appears to have Character and Personality
People have been known to forget that Actroid DER2 fembot is an Android while interacting with her.
They can see that it is an Android, however they react to it as if it were a human.
Advantages
An article from July, 9 2007 on Wired.com website states that a robot is already being used in British schools to teach Autistic children social skills.
In Japan, one of their main goals is to create robots or humanoids to assist the growing elderly population in everyday tasks.
Robots are being created to perform search and rescue missions, military battle and bomb detection.
NASA is designing robots to act like people in order to better assist Astronauts
Ethical Issues
As with many other advances in our society, creating humanoids that are life-like will also create circumstances that will raise ethical issues.
According to an article posted on October 12th of this year by Charles Q. Choi on MSNBC.COM, he predicts that robots are becoming so human-like in appearance that within 5 years people will actually be marrying robots.
Mr. Choi states that the characteristics that a particular person finds attractive in a mate can be programmed into a robot. A robot can also be programmed to like the human counterpart whereas you can’t force another human to like you.
Summary
The articles that I researched for this assignment range in dates from 2005 – 2007. The Androids in this presentation represent improvements that have been made on previously created Androids.
Being a Computer Science major, it is obvious that I have a love for technology. However, before taking this class, I was not aware of how far robotic technology has already advanced.
Androids are most certainly in our future. Who knows, maybe one day students will be able to command their Androids to complete their assignments for them!