Jul 20
Cyborgs Like Us
Posted by horatio on Friday Jul 20, 2012 Under civilization, political analysis, science, technology
It appears we’re one more step closer to the long-held human dream–or nightmare–depending on your take, to more human-like robots, with the announcement by an Italian team of scientists at the University of Pisa who are developing the Facial Automation for Conveying Emotions, or FACE, project. Pictured below, the android is the latest prototype that the FACE team has developed. The project is an attempt to simulate human emotions in robots, and in this case, the robot face uses over 3o tiny motors and control software to mimic various types of human expressions, from fear and anger to surprise and disgust. Read More
