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Robots: Online Human-Robot Interactions
     

 

In its latest episode, the Robots
podcast interviews Sonia Chernova at the Personal Robots Group at MIT's Media Lab. Chernova is using a free, online
game called  Mars
Escape to learn about how humans and robots can work in teams. As
you log into the game, you are teamed up with a second human player,
with one person taking on the role of an astronaut, and the other one
controlling a Nexi robot. You and your astronaut (or robot) partner then
find yourselves on a mission on Mars, where you will have to brave
various challenges. This episode's second guest is Kenton Williams, also from the Media Lab. In the
interview, Williams shares some of the technical aspects behind one of
the Media Lab's most expressive robots, the MDS robot Nexi.
Play
the game, read
on, or tune
in!

   

http://robots.net/article/3026.html