Pleo is an authentic Life Form. Treat him gently like any other living thing. Pleo will let you know how he feels at any moment. That's because he is capable of actual emotions including joy, aggression, sorrow, and fear. He can also yawn, sigh, sniff, sniffle, snore, cough, hiccup, and sneeze.
visual interpitation is much different from artificial emotions. emotions are way easy to emulate, my bot has that ability.
i think the greatest thing about pleo is that it shows that moore's law is starting to kick in for robotics as well. think about it... 2 years ago, a robosapien, a robot without any emotion emulation or ai of any kind cost what this robot does... in 10 years, think about what will be available for robotics in an affordable package.
"That's because he is capable of actual emotions including joy, aggression, sorrow, and fear."
THEN YOU WOKE UUUUP. They've only just been able to make a robot which can understand it's own reflection in a mirror. I think they mean to say 'he is capable of faking actual emotions..'
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