[I have no problem with making robots that make plenty of mistooks].

Developing Robots With Human-Like Behavior
EUROPA (09/10/08)

The European Science Foundation and the Japan Science Foundation are
encouraging young researchers to develop robots capable of conforming to
situations and physical movements in ways similar to humans. Earlier this year,
the two groups co-hosted an event to unite young researchers from the fields of
robotics and cognitive science with the goal of promoting a new generation of
intelligent machines. Gottingen University professor Florentin Worgotter gave a
speech in which he emphasized that gaining greater insight into how animals
coordinate their movements could help researchers transfer those principles to
robots and their development. University of Tokyo professor Yasuo Kuniyoshi says
conventional methods based on artificial intelligence techniques developed since
the 1980s have failed to produce adaptable robots, which would require
techniques that break down events a robot has not been programmed to expect into
smaller parts in an attempt to analyze them. The event al so focused on the
importance of communication channels between humans and robots, regardless of
how robots receive instructions. Swiss Federal Institute of Technology professor
Aude Billard says enabling robots to interpret a person's intention and predict
their action will help researchers meet the challenge of getting robots to
imitate simple human gestures.
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