Robots—They're Such Comedians
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Look out, stand-up comedians. Yours might be the next industry infiltrated by robots. And they won't get all flustered when a joke bombs. At the TED Women conference back in December, roboticist Heather Knight '05, MNG '08 introduced Data, a ham of a ’bot that tells jokes and modifies its act based on audience feedback and response. Does Data have a career in the spotlight? You decide.
Knight is currently doing doctoral research at Carnegie Mellon's Robotics Institute focused on the intersection of robotics and entertainment. She creates socially intelligent robot performances and sensor-based electronic art through her Marilyn Monrobot Labs in NYC. And she's codesigned impressive Rube Goldberg installations. She's also responsible for the world's first robot census.
Filmmakers! Knight is hosting a Robot Film Festival in New York City, July 9-10, 2011. The festival is seeking submissions of short films that include a real or fictional robot as a main character or framing device. Research bloopers welcome! Follow it on Twitter: @robotfilmfest.
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