Robot personality patent secured by Google

An I, Robot-esque future may be closer than you think, following Google’s move to secure a patent for ‘methods and systems for robot personality development’, drawn from cloud computing capacities.

Robots could be programmed to meet specific personalities or profiles and could be fitted with a unique exterior, under a process outlined by the search giant.

The plans could also see robots fitted with multiple personalities – which humans could select depending on personal requirements.

Different moods such as happiness, fear, surprise, perplexion, thoughtfulness and derision may also be integrated into the plans.

“These moods can again be triggered by cues or circumstances detected by the robot, or elicited on command,” the disclosure reads.

“The personality and state may be shared with other robots so as to clone this robot within another device or devices. In this manner, a user may travel to another city, and download within a robot in that city (another ‘skin’) the personality and state matching the user’s ‘home location’ robot. The robot personality thereby becomes transportable or transferable.”