Furhat Robotics gives AI a face with its new social robot

Voice assistants have their benefits, but it can be a bit weird to talk to a faceless robot voice all day. Stockholm-based technology startup Furhat Robotics is putting a face to our interactions with AI with Furhat, a social robot that is capable of displaying humanlike expressions and emotions on a customizable face. The company showed off the latest generation of the social robot today at WebSummit. If you took your standard smart speaker and slapped a disembodied head on top of it, you'll get Furhat. The robot uses a projection system to display a pretty lifelike looking face onto a head-shaped display.