Social robots have arrived. KTH researchers present the robotic head Furhat, able to talk to several people simultaneously.
At the KTH Symposium, the director of the U.S. National Science Foundation explains how scientific co-operation with Sweden benefits American research. Reception and service at central level for international students after arrival at KTH. For Master's students For Exchange students - The talking robotic head Furhat will be presented by KTH researchers at the RobotVille Festival in London December 1-4. KTH researchers from the Department of Speech, Music and Hearing are taking their innovative Furhat robot to RobotVille at London's Science Museum. Expected to draw more than 10,000 visitors, RobotVille will feature 20 of Europe's most advanced automotons. "Furhat can talk to multiple people at the same time", says Joakim Gustafson, senior lecturer at the KTH Department of Speech, Music and Hearing. He and his colleagues developed Furhat as part of the EU-funded project Interactive Urban Robot (IURO), in which scientists from Germany, Austria, Switzerland and Poland are working together to develop a robot capable of social interaction.
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