In an era where technology and artificial intelligence (AI) are evolving at an unprecedented pace, it’s the small details ...

Meet Emo, the robot head capable of anticipating and mirroring human facial expressions, including smiles, within 840 milliseconds. But whether or not you’ll be left smiling at the end of the ...

Emo would be able to anticipate facial reactions from words in addition to human muscle movement. Then, the robot could respond verbally, too. First, though, Emo’s lips need some work.

Comments Emo can smile in 840 milliseconds (Picture: Yuhang Hu/Columbia Engineering) Researchers have created a robot that can smile back – in a human way.

Researchers from the Creative Machines Lab at Columbia Engineering, Columbia University, have addressed this challenge by teaching their blue-silicon-clad anthropomorphic robot head, Emo, to ...

Meet Emo, the robot head capable of anticipating and mirroring human facial expressions, including smiles, within 840 milliseconds. But whether or not you’ll be left smiling at the end of the ...