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Friday, June 13, 2008

'Emotional' Robot Penguin 'Emits Smells'

South Korean researchers unveiled this week a penguin robot called Pomi (for Penguin Robot for Multimodal Interaction) that can "EMIT SMELLS" based on how it "feels" (Why is this good?) The robot, which is designed to imitate human emotions, has a fake heart beat that changes tempo based on its emotional state. It can also interact with users via voice-recognition, and sensors that allow it to see and recognize humans. Pomi ships next month.

Comments:

Anonymous Anonymous said...

I'm trying to imagine what "smells" this thing might emit to imitate humans... sweat...farts...bad breath... Great idea propeller-heads!

Friday, June 13, 2008 6:42:00 AM  
Blogger Johnie said...

This PengGuin just has to get together with the Travelling PengGuin who posts blogs about his travels and his view of the world... the could have GREAT off-spring! TravellingGuin

Friday, June 13, 2008 11:16:00 PM  

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