New Robot Eyes People With Human-Like Eyes By Paul Lee

A new breed of robots could soon break free of assembly-line duties to assist human living in myriad ways.
MIT researchers recently demonstrated the capabilities of such a robot, named Domo, which, like the robot in a recent General Motors ad, can transcend mass-production's repetition.
It is designed to interact with humans and adapt to its environment in ways previously only imagined in science fiction.
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Presently, Domo can identify objects, reach for them and place them on shelves. Unlike an assembly-line robot, Domo can sense its surroundings using a pair of video cameras for eyes; they are connected to 12 computers.
The cameras are built into remarkably human-looking "eyeballs" for a reason, said Domo's developer, Aaron Edsinger.
"I found that, by making them immediately understandable as eyes, it was very easy to read [Domo's] eye-gaze direction, which is important when working with it," Edsinger said. "They also greatly increase people's comfort level with the robot."