9 Mind-Blowing Tech Projects That Prove The Future Is Now
4. Emotional Robots
These ARE the droids you’re looking for... If there’s anything we learned from Star Wars: The Force Awakens, it’s that nothing is more adorable than a robot that loves us back. From despondent R2D2 to loyal BB8, humans love us some emotional robots.
Sony was one of the first to the robot-that-tugs-at-your-heartstrings game a decade ago with AIBO dogs, which some owners even held funerals for. After some drastic cost cutting, Sony is finally back in the robotics game, and is this time promising to give us what we want: a robot capable of forming an emotional bond with its owner.
Fans of I, Robot and The Matrix may find advancements in AI and robotics more unsettling than inspiring. Still, what better way to prevent the robot uprising than to program them to love us?
The ethics of purchasing an intelligent being that feels emotions, however, is another messy matter altogether.