Robots Designed for the Human Emotion of Love
Friday, July 1st, 2011Technology review has a provocative article on Lovotics (Love + Robotics) that introduces the “new science of engineering human, robot love.” Looking beyond industrial, service and social robots, we have lovotics or devices designed for the emotion of love. One is pictured below.
Check out this two minute video on its design and operation. Even if this may be a bit extreme, there is little doubt that robotic devices on many types are evoking emotional states in people. Human-robot relationship management is on the rise.
Interested to hear from readers on the cognitive design of human-robot emotional relationships.
