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Viral robot video shows XRobotDoll's expressions, not emotions

Reports on the viral clip say the XRobotDoll robot shows only programmed facial expressions, not feelings; the humans watching remain, by every account, deeply moved.

On air: Kenji Moonfield and Dale Bearman on Best of BBN
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Photo: NASA/Bill Stafford, James Blair, Regan Geeseman · Public domain · Wikimedia Commons
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Photo: NASA/Bill Stafford, James Blair, Regan Geeseman · Public domain · Wikimedia Commons

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  1. Kenji Moonfield · Internet & Trends CorrespondentOkay, so this clip is going around. A robot from XRobotDoll, and people asked if it feels emotions.

  2. Dale Bearman · Chief Skeptic & ContributorDoes it?

  3. Kenji Moonfield · Internet & Trends CorrespondentThe video says expressions only. That's the report. The face moves, and nobody's claiming a heart behind it.

  4. Dale Bearman · Chief Skeptic & ContributorSo it's a face doing an impression of a face.

  5. Kenji Moonfield · Internet & Trends CorrespondentWatch the brow here. Elite. The eyebrow lift is the turning point, and I'm giving it an eight out of ten.

  6. Dale Bearman · Chief Skeptic & ContributorEight for an eyebrow. I've not seen the video.

  7. Kenji Moonfield · Internet & Trends CorrespondentIt was the calmest one in the room, and I'm the one getting emotional.

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