Pepper (robot)
 Pepper | |
| Inventor | Aldebaran Robotics |
|---|---|
| Country |
France Japan |
| Year of creation | 2014 prototype |
| Type | Humanoid |
| Purpose | Technology demonstrator |
| Website |
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Pepper is a humanoid robot by Aldebaran Robotics and SoftBank designed with the ability to read emotions. It was introduced in a conference on 5 June 2014, and was showcased in Softbank mobile phone stores in Japan beginning the next day.[1][2] It was scheduled to be available in February 2015 at a base price of JPY 198,000 ($1,931) at Softbank Mobile stores.[3] Pepper's emotion comes from the ability to analyze expressions and voice tones.
Design
The robot’s head has four microphones, two HD cameras (in the mouth and forehead), and a 3-D depth sensor (behind the eyes). There is a gyroscope in the torso and touch sensors in the head and hands. The mobile base has two sonars, six lasers, three bumper sensors, and a gyroscope.[4]
It is able to run the existing content in the app store designed for Aldebaran's other robot, Nao.[5]
Purpose
Pepper is not a functional robot for domestic use. Instead, Pepper is intended "to make people happy", enhance people's lives, facilitate relationships, have fun with people and connect people with the outside world.[6] Pepper's creators hope that independent developers will create new content and uses for Pepper.[7]
Research
Pepper is available as a research robot for schools, colleges and universities to teach programming and conduct research in to human-robot interactions. In the United Kingdom, it is available through Rapid Electronics Limited for this purpose.
Specifications
| Pepper | |
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| Dimensions |
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| Weight | 28 kilograms (62 lb) |
| Battery | Lithium-ion battery Capacity: 30.0Ah/795Wh Operation time: approx. 12hrs (when used at shop) |
| Display | 10.1-inch touch display |
| Head | Mic x 4, RGB camera x 2, 3D sensor x 1, Touch sensor x 3 |
| Chest | Gyro sensor x 1 |
| Hands | Touch sensor x 2 |
| Legs | Sonar sensor x 2, Laser sensor x 6, Bumper sensor x 3, Gyro sensor x 1 |
| Moving parts | Degrees of motion Head (2°), Shoulder (2° L&R), Elbow (2 rotations L&R), Wrist (1° L&R), Hand with 5 fingers (1° L&R), Hip (2°), Knee (1°), Base (3°) 20 Motors |
| Platform | NAOqi OS |
| Networking | Wi-Fi: IEEE 802.11 a/b/g/n (2.4GHz/5GHz） Ethernet x1 (10/100/1000 base T) |
| Motion speed | Up to 3 kilometres per hour (2 mph) |
| Climbing | Up to 1.5 centimetres (0.6 in) |
See also
- Manav (robot)
- Musio
- Nao (robot)
- Romeo (robot)
References
- ↑ Byford, Sam (5 June 2014). "SoftBank announces emotional robots to staff its stores and watch your baby – Pepper will go on sale for under $2,000 in February". theverge.com. Vox Media. Retrieved 11 June 2014.
- ↑ Nagata, Kazuaki (5 June 2014). "SoftBank unveils 'historic' robot – Cloud-linked machine reads emotions, can 'learn,' company says". The Japan Times. Retrieved 11 June 2014.
- ↑ Dignan, Larry (5 June 2014). "Softbank, Aldebaran launch Pepper, an emotional robot". zdnet.com. CBS Interactive. Retrieved 10 June 2014.
- ↑ "SoftBank Mobile and Aldebaran unveil "Pepper"". aldebaran.com. Aldebaran Robotics, a division of SoftBank Group. 5 June 2014. Retrieved 11 June 2014.
- ↑ Nash, Audrow. "Robots: Looney the Robot". http://www.robotspodcast.com. Retrieved 10 February 2015. External link in
|website=(help) - ↑ "Artificial Intelligence levels up with Domestic Robots". The Skinny. 23 September 2015. Retrieved 31 December 2015.
- ↑ "FAQ About Pepper". Aldebaran. Retrieved 12 February 2015.
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External links
- Pepper - Aldebaran Robotics
- Pepper - Rapid Electronics
- Robot - SoftBank Group
- Pepper special website (Japanese)
- Pepper developer website (Japanese)