In the heaps and loads of technological advancement humans today, have
successfully been able to manufacture different types of robots and artificial
intelligence but how far have we come?
It’s time when we get introduced to the human companion house robots, serving us
various different purposes.
JIBO
One of the newest social robots for the home which watches listens and learns and
like any other living organism, it is
powered by artificial intelligence. It
has two cameras and 6 microphones
attached to it. JIBO is able to detect
any kind of presence in its
surrounding and can respond to it.
With its 2 cameras, one for taking
images and other for depth sensing
and facial recognition, it can
memorize up to 15 faces. It is
portable and has an inbuilt power supply. It can play music and its movements are
fluidic which gives it a humane touch.
Although as fascinating as JIBO sounds it has its list of cons too. JIBO fails to be a
true “robot” companion as it has a mechanical voice and is unable to maintain even
a simple conversation. While it can perform various tasks, but it can only perform
very basic tasks which are far shorthanded compared to today’s AI standards set by
companies like Google and Apple. Adding to it the 900 USD tag makes it
questionable.
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