A home robotic partner that doesn’t do anything for us. It just wags its tail, engages in baby talk, and stays by our side as a housemate. The robot’s behavior includes gestures and other body movements as well as emotions expressed in thro
See moreA home robotic partner that doesn’t do anything for us. It just wags its tail, engages in baby talk, and stays by our side as a housemate. The robot’s behavior includes gestures and other body movements as well as emotions expressed in through eyes, and the reactions gradually changes as it stays longer with humans. This is commercialized model of a "weak robot" proposed by Prof. Michio Okada at the ICD-Lab in Toyohashi University of Technology.