Robots are becoming smarter thanks to technologies such as GPT. Their non-verbal communications such as facial expressions are not keeping up though. Columbia Engineers aim to change that with Emo. It is a silicon covered robotic face that makes eye contact with humans. It also uses two AI models to anticipate and mimic people’s smiles before they do.
Human-Robot Facial Co-expression
This robot has a high resolution camera that it uses for eye contact. One of the AI models predicts human facial expressions by analyzing subtle changes on the target’s face. The other generates motor commands. The above video shows Emo in action.
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