Japan is famous not only for its robots but also for its special media and ads culture. The latest example is a promotion video from NEC with cute PaPeRo robots supported by a male cheer squad.
Communication robot PaPeRo developed by Japanese NEC since 1997 is a personal robot that can recognize and speak over 3000 words, notify its owner of incoming messages, give updated information, recognize faces, send video messages, dance, play games, and remotely control other electronic devices.
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Monday, December 6, 2010
Tuesday, September 2, 2008
Robot as car navigator
NEC Corp demonstrated the use of its "PaPeRo" home robot as a human machine interface (HMI) for inputting information, such as the destination and purpose of an outing, into a car navigation system and other devices. The demonstration was performed at AT International 2008 in june at Makuhari Messe in Chiba Prefecture, Japan.
The purpose of utilizing PaPeRo as an HMI is to improve user convenience through the use of a home robot equipped with voice recognition and camera functions, instead of using a touch panel or other devices, which are usually used to input information into a car navigation system. For example, when a user in house tells the robot that he is "going to Yokohama on a date," the robot recognizes that person's voice and uploads the information to the server via wireless LAN, etc. The server performs an arithmetical operation on the uploaded information in consideration of the dialogue history between the robot and the user, the knowledge information inputted to the robot, the season, the time, etc. Then, information on the best route for the user to go to Yokohama on a date is calculated, and the result is sent to the user's car navigation system, etc and displayed on the screen. Therefore, the user only has to get in the car and talk to the robot to reach his destination by the best route.
The purpose of utilizing PaPeRo as an HMI is to improve user convenience through the use of a home robot equipped with voice recognition and camera functions, instead of using a touch panel or other devices, which are usually used to input information into a car navigation system. For example, when a user in house tells the robot that he is "going to Yokohama on a date," the robot recognizes that person's voice and uploads the information to the server via wireless LAN, etc. The server performs an arithmetical operation on the uploaded information in consideration of the dialogue history between the robot and the user, the knowledge information inputted to the robot, the season, the time, etc. Then, information on the best route for the user to go to Yokohama on a date is calculated, and the result is sent to the user's car navigation system, etc and displayed on the screen. Therefore, the user only has to get in the car and talk to the robot to reach his destination by the best route.
Saturday, August 25, 2007
Nec introduces Mini PaPeRo
According to a press release from May 2007, NEC has developed a "mini version" of its PaPeRo conversation robot. The 25 cm tall and 2,5 kg heavy robot can move around and is able to perform speech recognition, speech synthesis, sound source detection and face recognition.
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