How the cloud is revamping robotics
June 6, 2014
Grazed from CNBC. Author: Nyshka Chandran.
Cloud computing isn’t just for humans – robots are getting in on the action too. Connecting robots to the Internet reduces the need for additional hardware, enabling greater mobility and communication. Softbank’s new robot, Pepper, for instance, owes its capability to read human emotions to cloud computing.
Pepper’s primary goal is to make people happy to interact with it, Bruno Maisonnier, CEO of the French robotics firm Aldebaran that developed Pepper, told CNBC. Pepper uses cloud computing to share data that enhances its emotional capabilities. "It’s very important that we gather as much data as possible to improve [Pepper’s] understanding of human emotion and recognition of environments and contexts…
We have algorithms and deep learning that will make him understand more and more," Maisonnier said…
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