Meet Pepper: The First Humanoid Robot with Emotion from Softbank Corp.
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Masayoshi Son, the chairman and chief executive officer and chairman of Softbank Corp. (TYO:9984) introduced Pepper, the first personal robot with emotion.
The Japanese conglomerate’s subsidiary, Softbank Mobile in collaboration with Alderaban Robotics SAA, the world leader in humanoid robotics developed Pepper. The four-feet or 1.2 meter humanoid robot can read emotions based on a person’s expression, communicate, measures distance and many other capabilities as it is integrated with different technologies.
Pepper is a humanoid robot that reacts pro-actively while taking into account its surroundings using proprietary algorithms. It is equipped with capabilities and an interface that allows communication with people. Some of these include the latest voice recognition technology, superior joint technology for graceful gestures and emotion recognition that analyzes expressions and voice tone.
According to Softbank Corp. (TYO:9984), Pepper can provide entertaining communication and interaction with people because it has the ability to amuse, make jokes and dance. Its entertainment capabilities were developed by the company in partnership with Yoshimoto Robotics Laboratory. The company is also planning to integrate capabilities that will allow Pepper to learn through its daily interactions with people.
http://www.opptrends.com/2014/06/me...manoid-robot-with-emotion-from-softbank-corp/
Masayoshi Son, the chairman and chief executive officer and chairman of Softbank Corp. (TYO:9984) introduced Pepper, the first personal robot with emotion.
The Japanese conglomerate’s subsidiary, Softbank Mobile in collaboration with Alderaban Robotics SAA, the world leader in humanoid robotics developed Pepper. The four-feet or 1.2 meter humanoid robot can read emotions based on a person’s expression, communicate, measures distance and many other capabilities as it is integrated with different technologies.
Pepper is a humanoid robot that reacts pro-actively while taking into account its surroundings using proprietary algorithms. It is equipped with capabilities and an interface that allows communication with people. Some of these include the latest voice recognition technology, superior joint technology for graceful gestures and emotion recognition that analyzes expressions and voice tone.
According to Softbank Corp. (TYO:9984), Pepper can provide entertaining communication and interaction with people because it has the ability to amuse, make jokes and dance. Its entertainment capabilities were developed by the company in partnership with Yoshimoto Robotics Laboratory. The company is also planning to integrate capabilities that will allow Pepper to learn through its daily interactions with people.