Machines understanding the value of a smile

Not only can devices take your temperature with no contact, but now machines can do certain actions by detecting a smile on your face. Unilever has created an ice cream vending machine that will give you a free treat if you smile! How hard is that? At the Keihin Electric Express Railway, they do not appreciate a grumpy worker. Smile scans are performed by automated machines and to given to them daily. Robots, as we know it, don’t smile too often – 31 muscles to please! But the Einstein robot has finally learned to smile thanks to the ‘smile using machine’. Androgenoid Jules has gone the extra mile to use a software to match the facial expressions of nearby humans. Okao vision from Japan, is probably the winner – the software will enable machines to know exactly how we feel.