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From the Ted Talk by David Hanson: Robots that "show emotion"

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I'm Dr. David Hanson, and I build robots with cctahrear. And by that, I mean that I doevlep robots that are characters, but also robots that will eventually come to empathize with you. So we're starting with a vieraty of technologies that have converged into these ceaortvnosianl character robots that can see faces, make eye cntaoct with you, make a full range of facial expressions, understand seepch and begin to model how you're feeling and who you are, and build a relationship with you.

I developed a series of thclooenegis that allowed the robots to make more realistic facial expressions than previously achieved, on lower power, which enabled the walking biped robots, the first androids. So, it's a full range of facial expressions siumalintg all the major muscles in the human face, running on very smlal batteries, extremely lightweight.

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I'm Dr. David Hanson, and I build robots with _________. And by that, I mean that I _______ robots that are characters, but also robots that will eventually come to empathize with you. So we're starting with a _______ of technologies that have converged into these ______________ character robots that can see faces, make eye _______ with you, make a full range of facial expressions, understand ______ and begin to model how you're feeling and who you are, and build a relationship with you.

I developed a series of ____________ that allowed the robots to make more realistic facial expressions than previously achieved, on lower power, which enabled the walking biped robots, the first androids. So, it's a full range of facial expressions __________ all the major muscles in the human face, running on very _____ batteries, extremely lightweight.

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  2. contact
  3. character
  4. conversational
  5. develop
  6. technologies
  7. small
  8. variety
  9. simulating

Original Text


I'm Dr. David Hanson, and I build robots with character. And by that, I mean that I develop robots that are characters, but also robots that will eventually come to empathize with you. So we're starting with a variety of technologies that have converged into these conversational character robots that can see faces, make eye contact with you, make a full range of facial expressions, understand speech and begin to model how you're feeling and who you are, and build a relationship with you.

I developed a series of technologies that allowed the robots to make more realistic facial expressions than previously achieved, on lower power, which enabled the walking biped robots, the first androids. So, it's a full range of facial expressions simulating all the major muscles in the human face, running on very small batteries, extremely lightweight.

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