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Blog Updated with technical info. http://thecorpora.com/blog/
This video corresponds to a small experiment in which we put Qbo in front of the mirror to see if he can learn to recognize himself. For that, we used the "Object Recognition" mode and the "Face Recognition" mode. Qbo, using its stereoscopic vision, selects his image in the mirror and, with the help of one of the engineers, learns how to recognize himself. This quite simple experiment touches interesting psychological aspects of self-consciousness, whose complexity can be proved by the fact I already mentioned of the few species that can recognize themselves in front of the mirror. In this first version, a human guide presents Qbo to himself, but we are working so as the robot could present and self-recognize himself autonomously when found in front of the mirror.

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  • Next thing you know he's all like busting a hole in a wall of your house and then asking: "WHERE'S JOHN CONNOR?"

  • It has begun. . .

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  • "Nice!" Hahahah

  • The next toy of the future

  • @rufflesloco

    True sad but true and it was learning so that's also a little freaky but it does require human interaction so useless without us

    Good to know

  • Does seem interesting, however, I'm so cynical I can't help thinking it could just be running a demonstration program, like an echo script, it just says these things on a timer. Hope it's real though

  • It's just picture recognition, not self-awareness. Not a sign of intelligence and not too impressive (in terms of the AI frontier)...

  • Nice! Very good work!

  • So... What happens if the Qbo meets another Qbo? Will it recognize it as itself or as a fellow robot?

  • So... What happens if th Qbo meets another Qbo? Will it recognize it as itself or as a fellow robot?

  • @rufflesloco More likely: "Come with me if you want to live!"

  • really nice video.

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