ICub robot helps to understand people better

The big size iCub robot with big eyes and white face is the hope of scientists to better understand the development of consciousness in humans.

Six versions of iCub are available in laboratories across Europe, where scientists are working to make their electronic brains adaptable to the environment like a baby.

Robot iCup (Photo: Reuters)

' Our goal is to understand really a very human thing: the ability to cooperate, understand what others want them to do and work together, ' explained researcher Peter Ford Dominey. iCub is about 1m high, with hinged joints, arms and legs fitted with complex electronic circuits.

The iCup robot can one day be used in the hospital to play games with patients. In the long term, iCub can afford to do housework, cater to their needs.