Facebook wants to send ’emotional’ robots to explore the world on tank-style tracks and scan the faces of people to ‘help users make friends’
Posted by M. C. on May 30, 2019
These would let them scan and interpret the faces and body language of people they encounter to assess their ‘likely emotional state’.
Substitute ‘psychological state’ and you have the end game. Those in control may decide, remotely, who needs re-education help.
Gun owners beware.
Think about that next time you are facial scanned at the airport, bank, Easy Pass toll booth, checkout, Skype call, Facetime…and where those scans are going.
By Ian Randall
Facebook is considering building ’emotionally sensitive’ robots that can explore the world, identify objects and people and enable users to make friends remotely.
On-board sensors would allow the robots to spot people to engage with, judge their emotional state and listen to what they are saying, a patent filing revealed.
At the same time, the robot could display images, video and speak with people — potentially letting users meet people and make new friends remotely.
However, it is not known whether Facebook will follow through on the patent filing and make the rough robot designs a reality.
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Facebook is considering building ’emotionally sensitive’ robots (pictured, in this rough sketch from the patent that the social media firm filed) that can explore the world, identify objects and people and enable users to make friends remotely
The concept for the social robots was outlined in a European patent filed by the social media firm on May 16, 2019.
Each machine, about the height of an adult, would be equipped with cameras and other sensors.
These would let them scan and interpret the faces and body language of people they encounter to assess their ‘likely emotional state’.
Speakers and microphones would listen out for ‘sounds emitted’, allowing the robots to talk to people or pick out the sound of someone calling to them.
If integrated into Facebook’s social media platform, members could potentially used such robots as proxies for real-world exploration and interactions with people…
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