Japan Looks to a Robot Future

TOKYO — At a university lab in a Tokyo suburb, engineering students are wiring a rubbery robot face to simulate six basic expressions: anger, fear, sadness, happiness, surprise and disgust. Hooked up to a database of words clustered by association, the robot _ dubbed Kansei, or “sensibility” _ responds to the word “war” by quivering in what looks like disgust and fear. It hears “love,” and its pink lips smile. “To live among people, robots need to handle complex social tasks,” said project le
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