Designing sociable robots / Cynthia L. Breazeal.

Cynthia Breazeal here presents her vision of the sociable robot of the future, a synthetic creature and not merely a sophisticated tool. A sociable robot will be able to understand us, to communicate and interact with us, to learn from us and grow with us. It will be socially intelligent in a humanl...

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Main Author: Breazeal, Cynthia L.
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Cambridge, Mass. : MIT Press, ©2002.
©2002
Series:Intelligent robots and autonomous agents.
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Table of Contents:
  • 1. The vision of sociable robots
  • 2. Robot in society: a question of interface
  • 3. Insights from developmental psychology
  • 4. Designing sociable robots
  • 5. The physical robot
  • 6. The vision system
  • 7. The auditory system
  • 8. The motivation system
  • 9. The behavior system
  • 10. Facial animation and expression
  • 11. Expressive vocalization system
  • 12. Social constraints on animate vision
  • 13. Grand challenges of building sociable robots.