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Are Robots the New Vampires?.

Why Robots should spend more time in the Limelight

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MIT Personal Robots Group Aldebaran Robotics

My Bias toward Robots

NASA / Jet Propulsion Lab Syynlabs / Carnegie Mellon

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Recognizing Human Gestures

The Sensate Bear, MIT Media Lab

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OK GO Rube Goldberg Machine

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Robots Perform Shakespeare

AirRobot at Texas A&M University

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Robots with Volition

Osaka University in Japan

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Advantages of Robot Theater for Personal Robots Development

Focus on Body Language

Repeatability

Massed Data for Learning

As far away from the engineers as possible... ;-)

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Collaborate

Robonaut / Astronomy Magazine

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Communicate

Kismet, Cynthia Breazeal

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Integrate

Nao, Aldebaran Robotics Roboreceptionist, CMU

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Play

Mindshare LA

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Tools Available to us (as robots)

Human Behavior TrackingExpression

DialogBody Language

Behavior SystemsTask-based interactions

GazeMachine Ethics

Artifi cial Personality

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GameBot @ CMU

Project begun by Reid Simmons at CMU Robotics Institute

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Wiring the Audience

Rocky Horror Picture Show

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Comparing Cultures

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Which is cuter?

Vampire Bunny Robot Bunny

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STAY TUNED!!

NYC MakerfaireSeptember 25

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