Why emotionally intelligent bots are the future of AI

Frankfurt Airport's concierge robot is one of its creations and Furhat also helped develop a pilot in Swedish schools as well as partnering with Honda in the development of a "smart" care home. "Human beings are social creatures and hardwired to respond emotionally to almost everything around us," says co-founder and chief executive Samer Al Moubayed. "Building a social robot has the promise to tap into the emotional intelligence system we have built-in and to communicate with us on our own terms, so that robots can engage with us in much more fundamental and impactful ways.