Researchers at the University of Palermo’s Robotics Lab have designed a robot to think aloud, enabling users to hear its thought process and better understand the robot’s decisions.
When a robot like Pepper (above) engages in inner speech and reasons with itself, humans can trace its thought process to learn the robot’s motives and decisions. (Photo by Antonio Chella and Arianna Pipitone)
(CN) How many robots does it take to set the dinner table? The answer may depend on the robot, according to a new study published in the journal iScience.
More importantly, how a robot completes a task matters less than how it decides to complete the task in a particular way.