Tech Kyoto University team develops laughing robot

[thomas]

Researchers at Kyoto University have developed a robot that changes the way it laughs depending on the communication and the laughter of the interacting partner. The robot analyzes the frequency of the sound of human laughter. It picks from three options to respond to the laugh using an artificial intelligence system, letting out a hearty or social laugh or not laughing at all.

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"By developing a robot that laughs naturally, we hope to create a robot that can coexist alongside people," Inoue said. The team recorded conversations of 82 people who met for the first time. Focusing on social laughs uttered in response to the laughter of conversation partners, the team fed the audio data into the AI system. The team then created a system that analyzes the frequency of laughter given off by an interacting partner and makes a choice of whether it will laugh along with the person. The system finally decides whether to burst out laughing or let out a social laugh if it chooses to laugh.

Japanese researchers develop robot that can change the way it laughs

The robot analyzes the frequency of the sound of human laughter and picks from three options to respond to the laugh using an artificial intelligence system, researchers say.

www.japantimes.co.jp

Humanoid robot laughs along with human conversation | NHK WORLD-JAPAN News

A research group at Kyoto University has developed a robot that's a lot more sociable than the average android. It appears to understand humor and can laugh along with its human companions.

www3.nhk.or.jp

 

[Petaris]

I for one welcome our new laughing robot overlords. ;P

Seriously though, that thing is creepy. I'm just waiting for her eyes to glow red and start "Judgement Day". haha