Friendly Robots

In this PBS Nova piece, robot engineer Cynthia Breazeal asks an intriguing question:  What is robot "emotion"?  Certainly, it's not a straight knock-off of human or animal emotion, because we can never truly reproduce that.

So, how do we create robots that are "friendly" and interactive, compelling and engaging?

And perhaps more importantly for us at Ameribotics, how does this field of study work with our goal of whole-person development through robotics?  Good food for thought.