Scientists Work to Teach Robots How to Have More Heart

Scientists Work to Teach Robots How to Have More Heart
A computer lab is using virtual therapy, autonomous vehicles, and rescue bots like this robot dog to bridge the gap between humans and machines. Rebecca McElhoe/Purdue University
Jessie Zhang
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Computer scientists in Indiana are training robots to comprehend human emotions, nonverbal cues, tone of voice, subconscious movements and gestures, and eye movements in pursuit of teaching them to become more heart-smart, not just head-smart.

Aniket Bera, an Assoc. Prof. of computer science at Purdue University’s College of Science and an expert in emotional computing—the study of giving machines emotional intelligence—said his lab works at the intersection of humans and machines.

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Jessie Zhang is a reporter based in Sydney, Australia, covering news on health and science.
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