The first robot that is able to develop emotionally and form bonds with humans has been introduced by scientists, according to the Daily Mail reports.Nao is designed to mimic the emotional skills of a child one year and be able to form bonds with people who treat her well.
The robot was developed to recognize the same kind of expressive gestures and behaviors that are used in infants to study the social and emotional interaction with others.
So that the robot can detect human emotion by studying body language and facial expression, and become better at reading a person's mood over time as growing to 'know' that person.
Nao also able to recall interactions with different people and remember their faces.
Nao created through the modeling process, initial attachment that humans and chimpanzees babies when they were very young.
Nao was part of the European project called Growing Feelix, which was led by Lola Canamero, computer scientists from the University of Hertfordshire.
"This behavior is similar to what young children do," said Dr Cañamero. "The behavior was also similar to the way chimpanzees and other non-human primates develop affective ties with their caregivers."
Nao programmed to attach to an individual who interacts with the robot in a way that helped him to learn.
Nao so capable of expressing anger, fear, sadness, happiness, joy and pride and anger if people are not comfortable or dealing with stressful situations when human beings can not be overcome.
Nao brain lets remember good or bad experiences from the past.
"We're working on non-verbal cues, and emotions expressed through physical postures, gestures and body movements of the facial or verbal expression," said Dr Cañamero.
Scientists believe that robots like Nao can be used in future to provide care to the elderly.
The project is a collaboration between eight universities and robotics companies in the EU.
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