Karthik Prakash

I found the course to be an interesting sequel to Conversational Agents. The idea of creating a virtual agent and embodying it on a robot that can perform human-like movements is exciting but a little bit terrifying at the same time. The course taught me that even if the robot is built for a section of the population, the needs of users are unique from person to person. For example, people with dementia tend to have different levels of physical and cognitive disabilities and it is imperative for developers like us to make sure that the agents are personalized to each one. This is one of the reasons why creating an agent to help people with dementia was a challenging ordeal for us.