Emotions: from brain to robot |
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Authors: | Arbib Michael A Fellous Jean-Marc |
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Affiliation: | Computer Science, Neuroscience and USC Brain Project, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA 90089-2520, USA. arbib@pollux.usc.edu |
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Abstract: | Some robots have been given emotional expressions in an attempt to improve human-computer interaction. In this article we analyze what it would mean for a robot to have emotion, distinguishing emotional expression for communication from emotion as a mechanism for the organization of behavior. Research on the neurobiology of emotion yields a deepening understanding of interacting brain structures and neural mechanisms rooted in neuromodulation that underlie emotions in humans and other animals. However, the chemical basis of animal function differs greatly from the mechanics and computations of current machines. We therefore abstract from biology a functional characterization of emotion that does not depend on physical substrate or evolutionary history, and is broad enough to encompass the possible emotions of robots. |
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