Robot developed with non-verbal communications skills

Posted on 30. Oct, 2007 by Bradley Hebdon in News

Researchers at Japan’s National Institute of Information and Communications Technology have developed a humanoid bot that can use communicate using gestures. The 187-pound robot stands about five feet tall and uses a 3D vision system to recognize gestures like pointing and bowing and determine their meaning — and then use the same gestures when appropriate.

The researchers say they envision the tech being used in caregiver robots for the elderly, and for anyone wanting a companion who doesn’t answer back in a verbal fashion. However, it does have the ability to respond with either the two finger or one finger salute, depending on its regional configuration.

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