Are robots more lovable or scarier when they look like humans? Use this question to kick off a lively debate at your next dinner party, or to color the way you interpret one of the newest tools scientists have to explore the depths of the sea.
Stanford University’s OceanOne looks like a person with limbs and hands and a face (!), but unlike a person, it can dive to depths of 2,000 meters below the surface of the ocean. Human controllers can monitor what OceanOne is doing by peering through its camera eyes. They can control how the bot uses its “hands” as well.
Why can’t we make robots that look like other animals? A deep-sea exploring robot that looks like a Golden Retriever would rule.
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