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The first step toward this is

People have long imagined a world understanding what emotions are. psychologist Paul Ekman saw a lot of
where we interact with computers It’s a complicated area of study. potential in this field. He began
and robots as if they were normal Scientists are often unable to define analyzing facial expressions, and
human beings. we may be getting emotions in exact terms. compiled a list of over 5,000 muscle
close to making technology movements. These muscle movements
emotionally intelligent. combine to form our different
expressions.

EMOTION IN TECHNOLOGY

There are many possible uses of


emotion-sensing technology. Dr. Another use of emotion-sensing Although the idea of emotionally
Chieko Asakawa, a researcher at technology can be illustrated through intelligent devices may sound
Carnegie Mellon University, has been human-shaped robots like Pepper. fascinating, this technology can
blind since the age of 14. She has been Launched in Japan in 2015, Pepper is create some major challenges. The
developing a smartphone app that an interactive companion robot. It’s issue of privacy is something that
might be able to help people with capable of recognizing basic human many people.
disabilities. emotions and responding
appropriately.

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