Kobian: a robot capable of expressing their emotions

Kobian is the name of the new robot developed by the Japanese Waseda University and Tmsuk company, whose main novelty is to express emotions, all the robots have failed to match to humans. The Japanese newspaper Nikkei reported that Kobia seven is able to express emotions, including joy, anger, sadness, happiness and confusion.

The sympathetic humanoid robot arm rises into the air while opening the eyes and mouth to show joy. By contrast, when sad, puts a hand in front of the eyes, as any human when you want to hide the tears. These expressions are performed by Kobian has only previously been programmed by humans, but scientists are working for the robot to show their emotions in an independent manner.

Kobian has been designed with the purpose of caring and support to people in their daily lives, a project in which scientists have been working several years with the rapid aging of society japonesa.future Kobian is expected to be able to perform various tasks in hospitals and retirement homes.