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Robot moving towards the camera, UPSOUND (English): \"Welcome to the University of Hertfordshire.\" 2. Robot professionals entering the IEEE RO-MAN (Institute of Electrical and...\u003c/span\u003e\n\u003cspan class='full-description hide'\u003eSHOTLIST:  +++NB: wrong slate on tape, story correct+++\u003cbr/\u003e1. Robot moving towards the camera, UPSOUND (English): \"Welcome to the University of Hertfordshire.\" \u003cbr/\u003e2. Robot professionals entering the IEEE RO-MAN (Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Robot-Human) conference\u003cbr/\u003e3. Wide of IEEE RO-MAN conference \u003cbr/\u003e4. Red robot moving towards people at the conference \u003cbr/\u003e5. SOUNDBITE (English) Professor Kerstin Dautenhahn, Artificial Intelligence expert at Hertfordshire University:\u003cbr/\u003e\"At the moment we are running a big international conference on campus. I called IEEE RO-MAN (Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers) it's the 15th international symposium on human and robot interactive communication.\"\u003cbr/\u003e6. Robot moving around the conference floor \u003cbr/\u003e7. SOUNDBITE (English) Professor Kerstin Dautenhahn, Artificial intelligence, Hertfordshire University:\u003cbr/\u003e\"The main theme of this conference is called 'Getting to Know Socially Intelligent Robots.' So the idea is that you have robots that can interact with people, but also show some elements of so-called 'intelligence' although I would be careful, very careful  when talking about intelligence.  But still, this is what many researchers in the world are working , not to the extent that these robot behave like human beings - they are not yet there that you might mistake them for humans. It's very, very clear that's a robot, that's a human I can tell the difference.  But still many aspects such as dialogue, such as how should a robot  approach a human, how should the robot interact with a human, what type of tasks should a robot perform. This is all very much motivated by human - human communication.\"\u003cbr/\u003e8. Robot with Mike Walters, Artificial Intelligence researcher at University of Hertfordshire\u003cbr/\u003e9. SOUNDBITE (English) Mike Walters, Artificial Intelligence researcher at University of Hertfordshire: \u003cbr/\u003e\"So the research robot we have here is actually a commercial research robot and you can see we have added all sorts of bits and pieces onto it such as, the head, the eyes, the arms and various trays and things.  We use these in our studies to see what people really like  when they are dealing with robots. So they may like flashing eye lights, they may want a realistic hand,  they may want a more basic gripper-type hand.  So in our trials we basically try all the different (parts). We take one off and put one on and see what peoples preferences actually are.\"\u003cbr/\u003e10. Robot lifting it's mechanical arm\u003cbr/\u003e11. SOUNDBITE (English) Mike Walters, Artificial Intelligence researcher at University of Hertfordshire: \u003cbr/\u003e\"So you can see there that you can see we have fitted this head on here.  The idea is that we can actually use these lights in the head to indicate gaze direction; up, down, left, right etc. We can also use it to indicate smiling; whether its happy or sad. And when the lights are off the users can get the idea that the robot is asleep and the robot is not paying any attention to what they are doing so they have a sense of privacy. So that's quite a useful feature of  the robot.  We have also fitted these arms on here, these rather humanoid-looking arms. They're not particularly good for manipulating anything but we can use them to make gestures; pointing gestures, thumbs-up gestures, waving gestures.\"\u003cbr/\u003e12. Mike using the robot's control box\u003cbr/\u003e13. Close up of robot's head  \u003cbr/\u003e14. Robot moving around conference \u003cbr/\u003e15. Visitors looking at Casper, the boy robot     \u003cbr/\u003e16. Various of Casper moving\u003cbr/\u003e17. SOUNDBITE (English) Voxpop, Selma Sabannic, Robotics researcher : (on screen left)\u003cbr/\u003e\"We think its wonderful that they are actually working.\"  \u003cbr/\u003e18. SOUNDBITE (English) Voxpop, Andrea Thomas, Robotics expert :  (on screen right)\u003cbr/\u003e\"Its very impressive to have robots out of the lab and actually into a public space with all these people and actually running and working and interacting with people, so well done.\" \u003cbr/\u003e19. SOUNDBITE (English) Voxpop, Bilge Mutly, university student:\u003cbr/\u003e\"The thing I also liked was the little boy (Casper, the boy robot). You know I like humanoid robots and that's pretty human-like.\"\u003cbr/\u003e20. Casper, the boy robot with creators\u003cbr/\u003e21. SOUNDBITE (English) Assit Mirza, designer of Casper, the boy robot :\u003cbr/\u003e\" Well we want robots to interact with people. It's important that we have the right kind of expressions so when you interact with a robot it can respond in a human-like way. And the smiles and the gestures that it will do are really important and that's our area of study.\"\u003cbr/\u003e22. Various of people watching Casper, the boy robot\u003cbr/\u003e23. SOUNDBITE (English) Assit Mirza, designer of Casper, the boy robot :\u003cbr/\u003e\" I think you can get to close to a human.  In fact it gets a bit scary if it gets too human-like and if it's a little bit more like a robot I think people accept it a little bit better. So we try and keep these two things in balance somehow.\" \u003cbr/\u003e24. Casper, the boy robot showing facial expressions \u003cbr/\u003e25. SOUNDBITE (English) Mike Walters, Artificial Intelligence researcher at University of Hertfordshire:  \u003cbr/\u003e\" I am personally quite disturbed by the human-looking robots, and I think even the people who make them realise that they are very disturbing to people. They're not so life life-like, I mean their appearance is very good, but as soon as they start moving the movement is kind of robotic and it looks rather uncanny.\"\u003cbr/\u003e26. Robot moving around the conference\u003cbr/\u003e27. SOUNDBITE (English) Professor Kerstin Dautenhahn, Artificial Intelligence expert at Hertfordshire University:\u003cbr/\u003e\" I believe that robots can actually be very useful. So I have a very positive attitude towards robots in the sense of the potential that they can help people.\"\u003cbr/\u003e28. Robot, UPSOUND (English) \"Please help me\"\u003cbr/\u003e29. Robot moving around the conference     \u003cbr/\u003e30. Various of  robots moving around the conference.\u003cbr/\u003eArtificial Intelligence experts are currently working on a new generation of robots that could one day become social companions to humans.\u003cbr/\u003eThe University of Hertfordshire in the UK is one of many institutions around the world that are developing machines capable of interacting with people.\u003cbr/\u003eSome of the robots were put through their paces at a recent conference.\u003cbr/\u003eRobot fans from around the world gathered at the University of Hertfordshire for the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE), RO-MAN conference.\u003cbr/\u003eThe IEEE is the world's leading professional association for the advancement of technology.\u003cbr/\u003eThis is the 15th annual conference, and the first time the conference has been held in the UK.\u003cbr/\u003eThe theme of this year's gathering was 'Getting to Know Socially Intelligent Robots'. Leading institutions discussed their latest work, while showcasing some of the robots being worked on from around the world.\u003cbr/\u003eFor scientists and engineers alike, human-robot interaction and communication is an important ongoing research project.\u003cbr/\u003eHuman emotions and nonverbal communications are a vital part of human-human communication.\u003cbr/\u003eProfessor Kerstin Dautenhahn is a leading figure in artificial intelligence at Hertfordshire University.She claims robot-human communications are based on human-human communications.\u003cbr/\u003eMike Walters is an Artificial Intelligence researcher, also at the University. And his robot was on show at the conference.  \u003cbr/\u003eHe is developing a robot that can comfortably interact with humans in the home.\u003cbr/\u003eWalters says they are trialling and testing a range of facial features and limbs to discover which are more appealing to people.\u003cbr/\u003eMany of those attending the conference are very impressed.\u003cbr/\u003eRobotics experts, Selma Sabannic, and Andrea Thomas, say they think it is great that the robots on display are moving and interacting.\u003cbr/\u003eWhile student Bilge Mutly says his favourite is Casper, the boy robot. \u003cbr/\u003eCasper is attracting a lot of attention.\u003cbr/\u003eAssit Mirza, the designer of Casper, says robotic facial expressions and gestures are key to his work.\u003cbr/\u003eBut he says that robots that look too much like humans can be alarming.\u003cbr/\u003eMike Walters agrees.\u003cbr/\u003eHe says he finds human-looking robots disturbing.\u003cbr/\u003eProfessor Kerstin Dautenhahn says she 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