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Meet Charles: the robotic GPS system that can tell when you've got
road rage. Yes, he's a tad scary looking, but according to the
Cambridge professor who created him, you won't feel like throwing him
out the window when you're frustrated. The disembodied satnav robot
(head and torso only), which sits in the passengers seat, is designed
to respond to a driver's emotional cues, like facial expressions, body
language, and tone of voice. Charles takes this information and
responds accordingly, providing sympathetic phrases when he senses
frustration. Researchers say the robot is about 70 percent accurate at
detecting emotion, or about as accurate as any human. We say a
backseat driver that can't hit back is 100 percent awesome.
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