Robots may greet you at next open house

It will take at least a few years, but the whiz kids at M.I.T. are working on a robot that may guide you through a home that’s for sale.

Q. Is it true that some real estate open houses are now being conducted by robots instead of real-life agents?

A. Not yet, but they could be soon. The elite Personal Robotics Group at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology has worked for years to develop what team members call “highly expressive humanoids.” They include a robot named Rea, who currently exists in a virtual world, where people can ask questions about buying property.

The group’s goal is to create lifelike robots that easily can interact with humans, work with them side-by-side, and learn from everything people ask or tell them. 

Source: DailyHerald.com