Human – Robot Interaction
If you look at a beetle long enough, you will recognize a robot
Electric robot animals can be found everywhere, and they come in all shapes and sizes. There are robotic animals such as a robotic dog, cat, seal, monkey, or dinosaur. Robot animals now mainly serve as pets for people at home or for lonely and anxious people in the hospital or retirement home. Future robotic animals…
Read more“Hey Siri, how can you understand me?”
Voice assistants, such as Siri, have risen in popularity over the years. Juniper Research estimated over 3 billion voice assistants to be in use last February! To suit to the needs of their users, voice assistants have to keep improving. Last month, the newest Alexa update came out. It is now able to ask you…
Read moreNot every robot looks like a human
Not every robot looks like a human Do you think robots have to look like humans? Think again. The picture below shows robots that are currently being developed in Pittsburgh. The investigator working on these, Zeynep Tempel, took some inspiration from nature. More specific these tiny robots are modeled after a specific species of Ants….
Read moreDiscover the world of robots The ins and outs of recent development in robotics Members (team 4): Sacha van Ruiten Vera Verheijen Moyke Versluis Pim Wilms What do we talk about? Robots are starting to look more and more like real human beings, but how are they made and how do they fit…
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