Robots Do Have Emotions You Know!

It's known as the "Heart Robot" and has recently gone on display at London's Science Museum.

It is the first robots built to show emotional feelings or in effect replicate these feelings as a machine. The Heart Robot is the main attraction at the Emotibots exhibition at the Science Museum.

Inventors claim it's developement is for medical treatment and enjoyment. It has a beating heart which rises when the body is shaken, but slows down when treated calmly. It's a robot that actually enjoys being cuddled and stroked and responds to this interaction from its number of sensors. Treat him rough and he tenses, his hands clench, he blinks with alarm. He can also register volume: he knows when you are shouting at him, but irony passes him by. Heart Robots' eyes flutter or blink in response to a touch.

It's predicted this part-puppet, part-machine creation is an example of how robots will increasingly adopt human characteristics in the coming years.