Hello, Tank
The Computer Science Department at Carnegie Mellon University has a robot receptionist named “Tank.” Some of Tank’s behaviors are amazingly humanlike; he blinks, flares his nostrils, and even displays emotional expressions consistent with what he is saying (Simmons et al., 2011). But no matter how “human” Tank may seem, he does not possess a true personality.
The Computer Science Department at Carnegie Mellon University has a robot receptionist named “Tank.” Some of Tank’s behaviors are amazingly humanlike; he blinks, flares his nostrils, and even displays emotional expressions consistent with what he is saying (Simmons et al., 2011). But no matter how “human” Tank may seem, he does not possess a true personality.
Debra Marie Tobin, art director for the Robotics Institute