Ed. Note: Blog post contributed by [E.S. Dempsey]. Nova Labs Machine Learning instructor. Sharon was inspired to write this after reading the recent Marvo the Magnificent post.

Sharon made a 5 minute compilation of youtube video excerpts of robots that respond to and recognize human speech.
https://drive.google.com/open?id=0B-I_uKYv_wJcNURTcHhveElEZ3c

1. Wall-E. Arduino Wall-E robot.  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VNRX5Xkz_00

WALL-E Robot Arduino (diymakers.es)

2. Leonardo Robot (stuffed animal) at time 00:42

Dr Cynthia Breazeal of MIT’s Personal Robotics Group talks about training a robot to watch facial expressions of humans to gauge response.  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ilmDN2e_Flc

Leonardo Robot – isn’t this the cutest robot ever?

3. Personal Assistant Home Robot by Robotbase.com at 01:40

Personal Robot – a personal assistant, telepresence device & the smartest home automation system.

Published on Jan 22, 2015

SHE’S THE WHOLE PACKAGE: a personal assistant, photographer, storyteller, telepresence device & the smartest home automation system SHE CAN SEE.- She sees the world the same way we human do. Facial recognition
Emotion recognition
Object recognition
3D depth camera
Deep learning algorithms. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7iIuWkvGHsc

4. Holly the (female) robot from the British comedy series “Red Dwarf” at 02:52[Can’t find the original video]

5. The Babelfish from Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy at 3:25. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iuumnjJWFO4

6. Jules the humanoid robot by Dave Hanson at 3:55

Creepily realistic robot can hold conversations and answer questions

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IhVu2hxm07E

And https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xRR33WDFi_k

Hanson Robotics: http://www.hansonrobotics.com/robot/jules/

Science fiction has predicted the androids for many years and scientists are working hard to create artificial humans for decades. See some of the most realistic and bizarre machines with oddly human characteristics. 

1. Robotic baby looks realistic.

2. Robot boy,created in Dubai.
3. Robotic head with features very realistic
4. Real Humanoid Female Robot, created in Japan
5. The scary girl robot that appears to be in extreme agony was created for a movie.
6. Alice, created in Switzerland several mimics human facial expressions.
7. Jules, a chatty robot created by David Hanson.
8. Big baby robot that “learns ” facial expressions, speech and movements with their experiences and humans.
9. Albert Einstein Humanoid Robot
Video Edited by Gil Carosio
Music by Kraftwerk( Computer love, The Robots )