Toyota has introduced the Kirobo Mini AI robot, which is capable of automatic learning, communication, reading facial expressions and recognizing emotions. Mini is the smaller brother of the Kirobo robot that went on a space excursion in 2013 to accompany the first Japanese astronaut to work on the International Space Station. Kirobo Mini will keep you company. Who says you can't buy friendship? For 350 euros, you get the friend and interlocutor you've always wanted!
They say that a dog is a man's best friend. Toyota wants with a pocket robot with artificial intelligence Kirobo Mini shake this fact. 10 centimeter The Mini is a smaller version of the Kirobo robot that Toyota shipped in 2013 into space, where he spent 18 months.
Since the Mini is not an astronaut, it handles other functions, but it is primary communication partner and an ideal (and fun) passenger. Using vehicle information (using services T-Connect will be possible with him through the service TSC-HEMS connect the communication functions of the vehicle with the surroundings) serves, among other things, with entertaining and encouraging observations, otherwise it will warned about traffic safety and generally contributed to greater driver safety. The only problem with the robot is that it only speaks Japanese at the moment, but considering how intelligent it is, the road to polyglot isn't too long.
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And what does the 183-gram Kirobo Mini know? Can participate in conversations, react to emotions, interpret facial expressions, gesticulate, adjust the tone of the interlocutor's voice, wink and look the interlocutor in the eyes. It is a good listener, as Toyota ensures that it remembers the user's preferences, past events and shared journeys. It adjusts the conversation according to the user's wishes and learns on the fly. Its basic mission is communication with people, for which it is needed smartphone connection. The battery makes it possible 2.5 hours of continuous communication, and it takes three hours to charge. It is a prediction of Toyota's more concrete communication between the car and the user, the basic building block of which will be conversation.
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