article_snippet.sent: The California giant's patent says that one day a robot personality could replicate the robot's owner, 'a deceased loved one,' or 'a celebrity.'
article_snippet.sent: Google has already developed a system to allow robots to download new personalities online.
article_snippet.sent: a system to allow robots to download new personalities online would allow machines to download machines in a similar way to an app - and even have a different personality for each user.
article_snippet.sent: The patent says that the personality could replicate the robot's owner, 'a deceased loved one,' or 'a celebrity,' Google's patent details a cloud-based system where a personality could be downloaded to a robot, in the same way one might download an app. '
article_snippet.sent: The robot personality may also be modifiable within a base personality construct (i.e., a default-persona) to provide states or moods representing transitory conditions of happiness, fear, surprise, perplexion (e.g., the Woody Allen robot), thoughtfulness, derision (e.g., the Rodney Dangerfield robot), and so forth,' states The patent.
article_snippet.sent: Friends will even be able to clone Friends robots and swap aspects of Google personality. '
article_snippet.sent: The personality and state may be shared with other robots so as to clone this robot within another device or devices. '
article_snippet.sent: 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. '
article_snippet.sent: The robot personality thereby becomes transportable or transferable.'
article_snippet.sent: The firm also explains 'This disclosure relates to a robot imbued with a personality, or personalities.
article_snippet.sent: Google's patent drawings reveal the system can share personalities and download Google's patent drawings . '
article_snippet.sent: In particular, but without limitation, This disclosure provides for a robot that operates with personality attributes and related capabilities drawn from cloud computing capacities. '
article_snippet.sent: A robot can be programmed to provide a desired look as well as interactability for the robot, which may be subject to change by the user or by the robot itself, such that the robot interface is customized to provide a desired personality for A robot.'
highlights_snippet.sent: Google has already patented system to swap robot personalities .
  