Cynthia L. Breazeal0262025108, 9780262025102
Cynthia Breazeal here presents her vision of the sociable robot of the future, a synthetic creature and not merely a sophisticated tool. A sociable robot will be able to understand us, to communicate and interact with us, to learn from us and grow with us. It will be socially intelligent in a humanlike way. Eventually sociable robots will assist us in our daily lives, as collaborators and companions. Because the most successful sociable robots will share our social characteristics, the effort to make sociable robots is also a means for exploring human social intelligence and even what it means to be human.Breazeal defines the key components of social intelligence for these machines and offers a framework and set of design issues for their realization. Much of the book focuses on a nascent sociable robot she designed named Kismet. Breazeal offers a concrete implementation for Kismet, incorporating insights from the scientific study of animals and people, as well as from artistic disciplines such as classical animation. This blending of science, engineering, and art creates a lifelike quality that encourages people to treat Kismet as a social creature rather than just a machine. The book includes a CD-ROM that shows Kismet in action.
Table of contents :
Contents……Page 10
Preface……Page 12
Acknowledgments……Page 16
Sources……Page 18
1 The Vision of Sociable Robots……Page 20
2 Robot in Society: A Question of Interface……Page 34
3 Insights from Developmental Psychology……Page 46
4 Designing Sociable Robots……Page 58
5 The Physical Robot……Page 70
6 The Vision System……Page 80
7 The Auditory System……Page 100
8 The Motivation System……Page 124
9 The Behavior System……Page 146
10 Facial Animation and Expression……Page 176
11 Expressive Vocalization System……Page 204
12 Social Constraints on Animate Vision……Page 230
13 Grand Challenges of Building Sociable Robots……Page 248
References……Page 262
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