medialab@night

since i started working at the M.I.T. medialab, i've always suspected that magical things happen in the wee hours of the morning. i recently uncovered some evidence that only confirms my worst fears.

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[aracekku]

:'( Leo?...

[Furbotz]

Fantastic! =)

Please make more.

[ZeroPlasmaPulse]

If this is why they aren't making anymore videos of Leo. I'm officially pissed off, lol... That robot was pretty damn cute.

[GGSoris]

Why Leo disabled? =)

[kiyotewolf]

o.o M.I.T.oy Story

[Rezorrand]

@JUKIO01 It's been taught the different facial expressions through mimicking. Read the paper called "Robot’s Play: Interactive Games with Sociable Machines" for more in depth information about the methods used in teaching e.g. Leo. (I'm just working on a thesis about the subject and read it). I can't say where humans learnt it though, but I guess for robots it could be given some sort of strive for "digital endorphins" through some root level programming. Not sure..

[JUKIO01]

i got a question. when the robot gets artificial intelligence, how will it know what a mad face looks like? for instance, when the robot gets mad(theoretically speaking) how will it know what face to give us? in the beginning did human beings learn the facial expression of anger or did it come naturally? i heard when we give a smile, endorphins are release, making us feel better, how will that work with a robot? cause it cant feel

[uthlas]

great!! hehehe ;)

[GrandchaseFan101]

NOOOO

NOT LEOOO D':

LOL

[EFHV]

awesome