Alpha is a robot offered by Next Touch which features Artificial Intelligence. As a companion, she is able to recognize you and your friends due to advanced facial recognition capabilities, and store personalized data from each encounter. The combination of her memory and chat bot abilities allows her to hold relevant, interesting conversation with her human companions. By detecting shifts in a person’s facial expression and conversations, she is even able to recognize certain emotions, and change her own actions accordingly. For example, a frown triggers sympathetic condolences and a smile prompts a laugh from Alpha as well. Alpha is able understand the associations between objects thanks to her artificial neurons, technically known as capsule networks. Capsule networks are flexible, and able to learn huge pools of data at a time. The result? Alpha is able to conduct tasks as simple as identifying objects, and understanding the distance between her nose and mouth. As a household device, Alpha’s power-saving features gives her a two-month battery capacity, and she is able to recognizer her batter levels, and keep herself charged without human intervention.
Zo, a Microsoft creation, is confined to a two-dimensional computer screen, but her conversational abilities are comparable to a close friend. Challenge her to a computer game, such as Exploding Kittens, or listen in amazement as she tells your fortune through emojis. She is able to take you back to high school slumber parties with a tough game of Would You Rather, and she is fortified with jokes ready at your request.
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Made by Hanson Robotics, Sophia, a Saudi Arabian, became the first robot to gain national citizenship. She is able to aid the elderly in everyday tasks and even educate children. Her face can morph to represent different expressions and emotions, and her developers are continuing to enhance her ability to recognize and feel those emotions on her own. Most incredibly, she learns from her interactions with people. If you ever get the chance to meet her, make sure to be polite and introduce yourself, because she will remember you and your actions for the future, and they may even contribute to her own development.
Pepper is a humanoid robot designed by SoftBank Robotics. His job? To perceive emotions. He is able to adjust his mood to accomodate for the emotions of the people around him. Visit Pepper at over 140 SoftBank Mobile stores in Japan, where Pepper welcomes, informs, and amuses customers. His endearing personality even earned him a spot in some personal Japanese homes!
