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The New Future NFT Exhibition at MOCO Museum in Amsterdam

A few months ago we went to the MOCO Museum’s the New Future NFT exhibition. If that sentence only raises questions in your mind, you can be forgiven! NFT stands for non fungible token, and its a term used to represent digital assets like videos and images that have been put onto the blockchain to…

by thosha moodley December 31, 2022January 1, 2023

Merry metaverse: A No-Nonsense Introduction to the Metaverse

Short and sweet, the low-down on the Metaverse without the hype. What is the metaverse? It is an immersive and engaging digital experience. The metaverse adds a 3-dimensional component to standard web experiences, so you can navigate in 3 dimensions, thereby making it a more natural experience. You access the metaverse using the internet and…

by thosha moodley December 9, 2022December 25, 2022

Robots spotted in the wild: ‘Joy For All’ Robotic Cat

This summer vacation while visiting my sister in the UK and having a lovely visit with her neighbour Janet, I got the opportunity to experience the with a Joy For All robot kitty firsthand. This robotic pet was created to help people with Dementia and Alzheimers enjoy the soothing experience of having a pet without…

by thosha moodley August 20, 2022August 20, 2022

Repairing Aldebaran Nao Battery Pack

Our Nao recently stopped working due to a completely flat battery. My boyfriend Renze and I have had it since 2016 and it’s no longer serviced by the manufacturer once the 4 year warranty is up. Investing in social robots has proven to be a bit tricky. Companies go bankrupt or are acquired (e.g. our…

by thosha moodley August 19, 2022August 20, 2022

Theory of Mind in Human Robot Interactions

Challenges and opportunities that human perception provides to robotic design This is an essay that I wrote for a course in 2015. Navigating a social world with robot partners: A quantitative cartography of the Uncanny Valley Introduction In this essay I will describe some aspects of human perception and cognition which may be considered to…

by thosha moodley July 7, 2022December 8, 2022

Robots spotted in the wild: Bellabot Waiter Robot by Pudu

Recently with friends at our favourite Asian restaurant (Mchi in Ijburg – FYI the food was great and each plate left empty!), we encountered some Bellabots working as assistants to the restaurant staff. I was with my buddy Vikram Radhakrishnan, who is also crazy about robots and my partner Renze de Vries, who has made…

by thosha moodley July 4, 2022December 8, 2022

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