A Robot Than Can Identify Introverts

This Robot Can Tell If You're an Introvert

How one PhD student wants to make robots less creepy--and more emotionally intelligent.

Ilan Mochari | February 2, 2016

Would you be more receptive to working with a robot if the robot--like a human--knew when to make direct eye contact, and when to look away?
Sean Andrist, a PhD student at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, is building robots that can do just that, according to an article by Evan Ackerman on IEEE Spectrum's award-winning robotics blog.
His thesis is straightforward. When chatting, humans use their eyes to send tacit signals about conversational turn-taking. 

Source: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zHCmz4hNoR0

<more at http://www.inc.com/ilan-mochari/robot-introvert-extrovert-human-machine-personality-social-gaze.html; related links: http://spectrum.ieee.org/automaton/robotics/humanoids/robot-social-gaze (This Robot Changes How It Looks at You to Match Your Personality. January 28, 2016) and https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kDivUiIrfJ4 (+Video) (Three Minute Thesis Competition 2015 - 1st Place Sean Andrist. Published December 29, 2015) and https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zHCmz4hNoR0 (+Video) (Look Like Me: Matching Robot Personality via Gaze to Increase Motivation. Published on April 6, 2015)>