Handbook of Research on Synthetic Emotions and Sociable Robotics: New Applications in Affective Computing and Artificial Intelligence

Jordi Vallverdú (Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, Spain) and David Casacuberta (Universitat Autonoma de Barcelona, Spain)

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ISBN13: 9781605663548

EISBN13: 9781605663555

DOI: 10.4018/978-1-60566-354-8

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Decades of scientific research on neurophysiology have proven emotions are not simply a minor aspect of human activity, but rather a fundamental one.

The Handbook of Research on Synthetic Emotions and Sociable Robotics: New Applications in Affective Computing and Artificial Intelligence focuses on the integration of emotions into artificial environments such as computers and robotics. Written by an international collaboration of experts within the field, this Handbook of Research covers topics such as emotion simulation and emotion synthetic development.

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The many academic areas covered in this publication include, but are not limited to:

Affective Computing
Agent based computational economics
Artificial Intelligence
Automatic detection of emotions
Autonomous cognitive systems
Emotional memory and adaptive personalities
Emotional modeling
Facial expression analysis
Goal and task selection for social robots
Personality and emotions in robotics
Synthetic Emotions

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The research in this field is not only important to develop better computer applications which are more able to communicate with humans or fulfill their tasks, but also argue that synthetic emotions can help neuroscience or cognitive psychology to test their models.

– Jordi Vallverdú, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, Spain

The Handbook of Research on Sythetic Emotions and Sociable Robotics provides a timely snapshot of research at the leading edge of a young and exciting field. This handbook surveys the latest research in affective computing and emotional robotics in a succinct and accessible manner.

– Dylan Evans, University College Cork, Ireland

Jordi Vallverdú, Ph.D., M.A. is a Lecturer Professor at Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona (Catalonia, Spain), where he teaches Philosophy and History of Science and Computing. He holds a Ph.D. in philosophy of science (UAB) and a master in history of sciences (UAB). His research is dedicated to the epistemological, ethical, gender, and educational aspects of Philosophy of Computing and Science. Jordi is Member of the Steering Committee of the European Association for Philosophy & Computing, E-CAP, Member of the Spanish Society of Logic, Methodology and Philosophy of Science, Member of the GEHUCT (Grup d'Estudis Interdisciplinaris sobre Ciència i Tecnologia) research project, Member of the TECNOCOG (Philosophy, Technology and Cognition Research Group), Member of EUCogII, Main researcher of SETE (Synthetic Emotions in Technological Environments), and Expert of the Biosociety Research (European Commission: http://ec.europa.eu/research/biosociety/index_en.htm). His last book (as author as well as editor) is (2009) Handbook Of Research On Synthetic Emotions And Sociable Robotics, USA: IGI. He is the Editor-in-Chief of the International Journal of Synthetic Emotions (http://www.igi-global.com/journals/details.asp?id=33374).

David Casacuberta is a philosophy of science professor in the Universidad Autònoma de Barcelona (Spain). He has a PhD in Philosophy and a master degree in "Cognitive sciences and Language". His current line of research is the cognitive and social impact of new media, and specially, how the inclusion of artificial intelligence and artificial emotions can produce innovative, more interactive and radically different new types of media.

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