When1: 2001
Who: Cynthia I. Breazeal [Breazeal, Cynthia I.]
What: computer scientist
Where: USA
works\ Designing Sociable Robots [2001]
Detail: Kismet is robot head whose parts can move like human head parts. If it is too close to see, it cranes back, and if it is too far, it cranes forward. It checks for movement, skin color, and saturated colors and looks in weighted direction. State depends on happiness, stimulation, and willingness for new stimuli. State affects where it looks. It checks pitch for patterns of approving, disapproving, drawing attention, and soothing, but it has no language ability. It can make sounds in pitch patterns. It can move eyebrows, lips, and ears to reflect happiness, stimulation, and willingness for new stimuli.
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