(March 31, 2014) The image of a joke-telling robot, that can tailor its
repartee while performing a stand-up comedy routine, has won the overall prize
in a national science photography competition organised by the Engineering and
Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC).
Comedy Lab: Human vs Robot, by Toby Harris, a PhD student at
Queen Mary University of London’s Cognitive Science Research Group, stole the
show ahead of many other stunning pictures, featuring research in action, which
were entered into EPSRC’s inaugural competition.
The competition’s five categories
were: Weird and Wonderful, Discovery, Equipment, Innovation, and People.