The visual artist and performer known as Stelarc with his invention. It is designed to make conversations between humans and machines easier.
Researchers have developed a robot of sorts that is designed to improve communication between humans and machines. The thinking head enables conversations between humans and machines, through visual signals and more effective, tailored communication depending on who it is talking to.
"The idea is to try to create a somewhat intelligent agent. In other words if you were to ask a question it would be able to give you an answer," explained one of the thinking head's creators, Stelarc, a performance artist and also visiting fellow at the MARCS Auditory Laboratory at the University of Western Sydney. ''If it doesn't know the answer, it has a conversational strategy to respond by asking you a question back or even changing the subject.''
The robot will be unveiled at the New Interfaces for Musical Expression conference at UTS in June.
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