Science Documentary: Socially Interactive Robots, A Documentary on Artificial Intelligence Robots are programmed to be concerned only with their own safety and their ability to achieve certain goals, or how long it may take them to arrive at a particular location, etc. However, during social interactions, there becomes another person that must be taken into account, as well as the other persons own feelings and goals. For instance, in an example where people are trying to get on an elevator it may be intuitive to think that you would wait for everyone to exit the elevator before you get on, but that would not be the correct way. Since, not everyone is going to exit the elevator at the same time. Some may exit onto one floor and others may choose to exit on another floor. So, a socially interactive robot would have to view the people on the elevator, and be able to make a determination as to which people were going to be leaving the elevator and which ones would be staying on. Once the robot makes that determination, it can proceed onto the elevator. In other words, understanding others intentions is essential in creating socially interactive robots. Not only must they understand what it is they need to do, but they must be able to read others and understand what it is they want to do. One way in which a socially interactive robot can read other people is withe the help of certain visual cues, such as standing still or rocking back and forth. For instance, a person that may desire to exit an elevator may be looking up and straight ahead, attempting to locate their pathway to exit, whereas someone that wants to remain on the elevator may be looking down. The robot would use these cues to determine its chance to board the elevator. This becomes a very difficult task. We as humans were taught these cues since birth, but robots must be programmed to recognize these subtle cues. There are two very different types of social interaction. One is called conversational interaction and the other is called navigational interaction. One example of navigational interaction is identifying some ones personal space. In certain cultures, there may be different boundaries identified. When we think of a person as being anti social , we are referring to the fact that they have only themselves in mind. To create a socially interactive robot, we must program it to think of not only itself but to take others into consideration; so as to not create an anti social robot. Human autonomy is a result of the seem less integration of our perception, cognition and our action. All together, this allow us to function on our own without the need to be operated by someone else. Autonomous robots aim to achieve the same ability through the help of sensors, cameras, etc. Sensors provide an enormous amount of useful data for the robot to use, like monitoring temperature levels, distance to obstacles in order for them maneuver and perform their task. The more accurate the robot is, in defining its 3D environment, the more likely it will be able to perform various functions. Science Documentary: Graphene, Nanomaterials, a Documentary on Nanotechnology https://youtu.be/UEd1Z-eIXsQ Science Documentary: DNA Hard Drives, Quantum Computing, Moore's Law https://youtu.be/RU6yFqJQARM Science Documentary: Artificial Intelligence, Cloud Robots, Trusting Technology https://youtu.be/UbTyq9LkDK8 Science Documentary: 3D Printing, 3D Imaging, Ultra Fast Laser Imaging Technology https://youtu.be/2ajmnPEhtJQ Science Documentary: Mental Disorders, Brain Trauma, Stress and Anxiety, a Documentary on the Brain https://youtu.be/oRNgURu8jEQ Science Documentary: Large Hadron Collider, Time, Galaxy Formation a Documentary on Particle Physics https://youtu.be/G5fwKM9yGRk Science Documentary: Augmented Reality, Nanotechnology, Artificial Intelligence https://youtu.be/Kwn0QNjf5II Science Documentary: Augmented Reality,Virtual Reality,Wearable Computing https://youtu.be/Xg4pKgXSJho Science Documentary: Genetics, Robotics, Quantum Computing, Artificial Intelligence https://youtu.be/C5rEJURKgdM Science Documentary: Cognitive science , a documentary on mind processes, artificial intelligence https://youtu.be/0T_nOzpBYxU Science Documentary: Creating Brain Systems,Quantum Computing, Quantum mechanics and Consciousness https://youtu.be/4sjfihak6FY Science Documentary: Nanotechnology,Quantum Computers, Cyborg Anthropology a future tech documentary https://youtu.be/sCLnHKl0GT4 Science Documentary: Graphene , a documentary on nanotechnology and nanomaterials https://youtu.be/IUrqyuw-6Iw

• published: 21 Jul 2015
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