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"Humans have emotions such as happiness, sadness, fear, and anger; and maybe other animals have them too. Robots are getting increasingly smarter, for example, the driverless cars that are now navigating city streets. What would it take to make a robot emotional, and would we ever want them to have that capacity?"
"Emotions help people to decide what is important and to integrate complex information into crucial decisions. So it might be useful to try to make a robot that has emotions too."
"Another reason for wanting emotional robots is the prospect that they will be used to look after human beings, as is increasingly common with old people in Japan. Having robots with emotions might make them better at understanding and caring for people."
"Estimating the feasibility of making robots emotional depends on understanding what makes people emotional. "
