Monday, March 19, 2018

$10 million XPRIZE Aims for Robot Avatars That Let You See, Hear, and Feel by 2021

Creating the ultimate waldo (remote manipulator):

https://singularityhub.com/2018/03/19/robot-avatars-that-let-you-see-hear-and-feel-could-be-here-by-2021/

2 comments:

flashgordon said...

There an emotional A.I. affectiva. Basically, it can get your emotional state in electrical signals form. If it can do that, it could then upload them to a robot and that robot can exhibit the same emotional spirit if you will!

Derek Mathias said...

Yeah, I see no reason why the emotion centers of the brain couldn't be replicated in machine format and serve the same function.

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