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A number of challenges are posed to the design of appearance, behavioural, interactive and learning capabilities of robots by their domestic applications. The humanlike appearance is expected to elicit more natural response from human and to receive a warm welcome in human society. On the other hand a phenomenon called "Uncanny Valley" has been suggested by researchers to limit the human...
We are working towards development of interactive robots for in house use. In house use of robots may vary from physical services to personal assistant and caregiver. We present here a robot that serves as a companion who helps Chinese kids in learning and improving their English Language skills. There are two versions of our robot 1) a soft robotic avatar and 2) a physical interactive toy robot....
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