Intelligent GPS navigation is expected to fill the gap in the emotional robot

In people's minds, the car satellite navigation system (GPS) always has a pair of years of poker face, coupled with the mechanical icy tone, will often be "burning" when the driver is grim. After many encounters with the "emotional abuse" of the GPS system, Professor Peter Robinson of the University of Cambridge determined to break the "electronic technology = unrequited" formula and successfully developed a "comprehensible and reasonable" approach. Satellite navigation system.

The SatNav system, developed by the Lund Institute of Technology in Sweden, can calculate the travel routes that can minimize greenhouse gas emissions while reducing fuel consumption by 8%. However, when Professor Robinson was confused by the intricate driving route, this environmentally-friendly navigation system with excellent performance caused him a lot of "emotional pollution."

"The problem is that the computer is indifferent to my feelings - whether I am happy or annoyed, they just stand by." Professor Robinson said in an interview with the Daily Mail reporter that he is "love again" for traditional satellite navigation. "Hate," this electronic gadget has always been his heart, but the "unrequited" service style also makes him very disgusted and helpless: "This system is simply designed by the sadistic!" Imagine, when you What is even more irritating than SatNav's immutable cold accusations when he is blaming himself for taking the wrong direction?

It is this unpleasant psychological experience that has spawned a smart GPS system with a mind reading function. The device can use sensors to recognize facial expressions such as frowning and squeaking. It can also recognize the anxiousness and irritability of the driver's tone through speech recognition software, and then input the feedback information into the robot brain next to the driver. The latter can be corrected accordingly. Or adjust your behavior and make a humane reaction.

"For humans' textual or phonetic input, computers actually have very good comprehension capabilities, but they need to understand not only what I say, but also how I say it." Professor Robinson said that his research goal is Developed robots that can communicate with humans. This "emotional intelligence" computer can read human minds and experience other people's feelings. One example is the robot Nexi developed by the Massachusetts Institute of Technology in recent years. It can not only “see through” each other’s mood through the miniature camera in the eyeball, but also recognize human emotions and emotions. It can also be expressed through eyes, frowns, mouths, gestures, etc. "Artificial emotions." The emotional robot JR developed by Japan is adept at detecting emotions. It can perceive subtle changes in emotions from human voices, and can imitate each other's styles and habits in conversations.

However, in terms of market applications, emotional robots have been deterred. Professor Robinson’s research results are expected to fill this gap. According to reports, the correct recognition rate of the GPS system is as high as 70%, and the ability to read the heart is comparable to real people. The upgraded version, which will be available in the near future, is even more powerful. It includes lowering the volume of the car's radio or deleting repeated instructions based on the emotional state of the driver, so as to avoid overcharging the driver's emotions.