December 11, 2025 2:18 PM
NIT Rourkela builds conversational robot capable of recognising emotions and gestures
Researchers at the National Institute of Technology (NIT) Rourkela have developed a human-like social robot capable of interacting with people in natural, intuitive ways. Built using Artificial Intelligence (AI) and Large Language Models (LLMs), the system can understand everyday language, follow spoken instructions, answer questions, and engage in real-time conversations beyond fixed, pre-programmed responses. The robot can also recognise human emotions by analysing facial expressions such as ...