RoboGuy
10-24-2007, 04:32 PM
Emotions are fundamental for humans, for most of us even more so thanrational thought. But what about robots? The latest Talking Robots episode talksto MichaelArbib about robot brains and emotions. With over 322 scholarlyarticles and author or editor of nearly 40 books in computer science aswell as the biological sciences, neuroscience and psychology, Michael isa key figure linking computer scientists and engineers to neuroscienceand the cognitive sciences. First of all, what is an emotion? What is the role of mirror neurons foremotions like empathy, and for actions like arm movement? And how canthey help us in using (robot) vision to control actions? Hope you enjoythe briefglimpse offered by Michael into this very exciting intersection ofresearch fields as much as I do!
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