Emotions in robots

This article gives a general overview of emotions in robotics. It sheds light on the composition of emotions in human beings and how this information can be used as blue print for creation of emotional robots. It discusses different factors involved in creation and detection of emotion. The article briefly explains the social aspects of having emotional robots in society. A system architecture to build emotional system of robot is presented, along with information about working of its modules. © 2012 Springer-Verlag