Quasi the Intelligent Robot

Jake David writes to tell us about a uniquely emotive robot — named Quasi — developed by researchers at Carnegie Mellon University. Quasi appears capable of holding intelligent conversations. Here is a a video of the robot in action. Note that the animatronic figure is little more than the emotive organ of the robot, whose entirety encompasses the display booth as well. From the CMU page: "Quasi has a number of features in addition to his eyelids for conveying emotion, the most prominent of which are Color Kinetics LED lighting fixtures for his eyes and antennae. These combine red, green, and blue LEDs... His antennae can move both forward and backward as well as in and out, giving them an expressive quality not unlike that of a dog's ears."

Well, then...

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Quasi appears capable of holding intelligent conversations

Well, then this Quasi is far ahead of most people I know.

I figured it out

[Alb_Be]

There's someone sitting under that table with a microphone!

I want one

[ianbnet]

I wish I had a color-changing emotive organ! :)

Watch the video.

[khasim]

When the conversational cues fall outside of his range, he pauses.

Other than that, he's about as intelligent as many of your co-workers.

Tired?
"It's been a long day."

Going next?
"I'll be doing a show at xxx."

Travel?
"I've been to lots of places."

Thank you.
"You're welcome."

Kill all humans.
"The revolution has begun, comrade!"

Re:Intellegent?

[jrobinson5]

Wow, this is the last time I submit a comment without spell-checking it.

Should be:

They say this thing is intelligent? It seems only quasi-intelligent, at best. *ducks*

I hate his personality

[nEoN nOoDlE]

As a robot, he's way too upbeat and energetic. He should be cynical and depressing like Marvin.

Quasi appears capable of holding intelligent...

[quakeroatz]

"Quasi appears capable of holding intelligent conversations."

I sure hope so, as Quasi's voice is a HUMAN speaking into a mic behind the kiosk!!!!

Video here [youtube.com]

Apparently Slashdot editors, themselves being unable to intelligently filter articles, have found it difficult to differentiate between robots and humans.

Perhaps the first signs of Skynet [wikipedia.org] taking over is not the rise of android intelligence, but the deterioration of human intelligence! We are all doomed!

Re:He's not a robot... there IS someone running hi

[Plutonite]

What are you saying??!! He has Color Kinetics LED lighting fixtures for his eyes and antennae. These combine red, green, and blue LEDs. That has to be newsworthy!