Group11
National Institute of Technology ,Matsue College

Communication Robots for Home Use○Mitsuhiro Omura (Student)
Hiroki Kadobayashi (Student)
Keisuke Kuroda (Student)
Toshiyuki Beppu (Teacher)
Theme 2: Relation between applications of robots and their performance3) Home use

Predict the future of the Home Robot from functions of past & present robots
http://www.sony.jp/products/Consumer/aibo/products/ers7m3/design.html
http://www.softbank.jp/robot/consumer/products/spec/
http://palmigarden.net/site/koseiteki_palmi/pg122.html
https://robohon.com/special/
http://www.sharp.co.jp/cocorobo/products/rxv200.html

AIBO by SONY (1999)

Pepper by SoftBank (2015)

A canine‐like entertainment robot“Living in harmony with human & robots”

A human‐shaped personal robot that reads emotions“Close to you & makes you happy”
Sensors• Touch sensors, microphones, a color CCD camera and a 3D
area sensor

Sensors• Touch sensors, a stereo microphone and a color CCD sensor
Communication with humans• Responding to physical touch• Reacting to voice commands• Remembering family faces

Communication with humans• A wide‐ranging conversation ability with the crowd AI system• Recognizing emotions by analyzing human voice tones andfacial expressions• Showing Pepper’s feelings with gestures and by the display

Features• AI program will form AIBO’s character by communication.
Every AIBO will have his/her own character.
http://www.sony.jp/products/Consumer/aibo/products/ers7m3/about01.html

http://www.softbank.jp/robot/consumer/products/

Features• Pepper tries to entertain the user with conversation andgestures by recognizing the user emotion.

Palmi by Fujisoft (2015)

COCOROBO by SHARP (2012)

A human‐shaped communication robot“Help for happy and rich human life”

A robot cleaner with feelings
Communication functions as a high‐value‐addedSensors• Touch sensors, microphones, a color CCD camera and a 6 axis
motion gyro and acceleration sensorSensors• Microphones, IR sensors and super sonic sensors

Communication with humans• A human‐like conversation response with a 0.4 second interval• Recognizing sentences for smooth conversation• Remembers human faces, names and past dialogues

Communication with humans• A voice controlled robot• Exhibits COCOROBO’s feelings with dance & illumination
Features• A delightful home appliance with practical function

Features• Palmi provides a customized information service fromanalyzing past dialogues by the crowd AI system.
http://robots.dmm.com/robot/palmi

http://www.sharp.co.jp/cocorobo/products/rxv95a.html

RoBoHoN by SHARP (2016)

Summary

A human‐shaped mobile phone“Heart moving phone”

Purpose the Home Robot= To make a relationship between robots & humans

Sensors• A CCD camera, microphones and acceleration sensors
Communication with humans• Can be easily operated by voice• Identifies people by facial recognition• Plays music & can dance
Features• A friendly human‐style small sized mobile phone• Communication and Information service will be provided
by the crowd AI system
https://robohon.com/special/◎A Human animal like design
1. Human‐like communication derived by sensors and AI software
2. Charming gestures to expose a robot’s feelings
3. A rounded shape for safe domestic use
4. For the prevention of accident , overload protection or othersafety mechanisms are utilizedEvolution of the communication robot

Future of the home robots

Primitive word recognition ・・・AIBO, COCOROBOSentence recognition by crowd AI ・・・Pepper, Palmi

Required Functions
1. Perfect voice recognition, or conversation ability
2. Accurate visual recognition for things and circumstances
3. Precise and versatile motion of arms & fingers

Human interface with emotional recognition ・・・Pepper

Advanced communication ability and Crowd AI system enable therobot to serve as personal concierge or adviser

・a house keeper
・a concierge
・a baby‐sitter・a private tutor
・an entertainer
http://www.cao.go.jp/innovation/action/conference/minutes/20case.html