yuusen
27th August 2004, 05:39 PM
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Taken from 'QRIO's Story' on the Sony Global site:
It is the product of cutting edge artificial intelligence and dynamics technology.
An entertainment robot that lives with you, makes life fun, makes you happy. Its name is QRIO. QRIO can gather information and move around on its own accord. QRIO not only walks on two legs, it can also manage uneven surfaces, dance, recognize people's faces and voices, and carry on conversation. QRIO is eager to be friends with people. Even among robots, QRIO's capabilities are unique. As well as walking on two legs, if QRIO does lose its balance, it reacts to protect itself against the impact. And after it falls, QRIO checks front, back, left and right, and gets back up, by itself. Its intellectual capabilities allow QRIO to distinguish people's faces and voices. And QRIO can communicate with people based on its own judgments, expressing its feelings through movements, conversation, and the use of its lights. Until a decade ago, the word 'robot' was associated primarily with industry. Having robots perform tasks in place of humans is 'helpful', but wouldn't it be 'fun' if people and robots could not only work together, but live together too? SONY decided to create a 'partner' that talks to you, plays with you, encourages you. And inside this small body, lives the same frontline technology and wealth of knowledge that fostered the development of SONY products like the HANDYCAM and WALKMAN. QRIO's dreams are limitless. But one is clear to make your life fun and happy. For example, QRIO uses body language and words to convey a feeling of intimacy; QRIO can connect to the Internet and share the kind of information you like to hear. As the world becomes progressively more complex, we thought how wonderful it would be to have a navigator that gently changes with the times. What is more, the results of such research on robots is sure to pave the way for Sony to create even more innovative IT-based products, and new concepts in the future.
The artificial intelligence concept is here in its traditional format. The original idea of living with robots that resemble humans has been theorised so many times in the past -- it will be very interesting to see what happens in practice.
Check out QRIO's movies through the following link:
http://www.sony.net/SonyInfo/QRIO/videoclip/index_nf.html
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Taken from 'QRIO's Story' on the Sony Global site:
It is the product of cutting edge artificial intelligence and dynamics technology.
An entertainment robot that lives with you, makes life fun, makes you happy. Its name is QRIO. QRIO can gather information and move around on its own accord. QRIO not only walks on two legs, it can also manage uneven surfaces, dance, recognize people's faces and voices, and carry on conversation. QRIO is eager to be friends with people. Even among robots, QRIO's capabilities are unique. As well as walking on two legs, if QRIO does lose its balance, it reacts to protect itself against the impact. And after it falls, QRIO checks front, back, left and right, and gets back up, by itself. Its intellectual capabilities allow QRIO to distinguish people's faces and voices. And QRIO can communicate with people based on its own judgments, expressing its feelings through movements, conversation, and the use of its lights. Until a decade ago, the word 'robot' was associated primarily with industry. Having robots perform tasks in place of humans is 'helpful', but wouldn't it be 'fun' if people and robots could not only work together, but live together too? SONY decided to create a 'partner' that talks to you, plays with you, encourages you. And inside this small body, lives the same frontline technology and wealth of knowledge that fostered the development of SONY products like the HANDYCAM and WALKMAN. QRIO's dreams are limitless. But one is clear to make your life fun and happy. For example, QRIO uses body language and words to convey a feeling of intimacy; QRIO can connect to the Internet and share the kind of information you like to hear. As the world becomes progressively more complex, we thought how wonderful it would be to have a navigator that gently changes with the times. What is more, the results of such research on robots is sure to pave the way for Sony to create even more innovative IT-based products, and new concepts in the future.
The artificial intelligence concept is here in its traditional format. The original idea of living with robots that resemble humans has been theorised so many times in the past -- it will be very interesting to see what happens in practice.
Check out QRIO's movies through the following link:
http://www.sony.net/SonyInfo/QRIO/videoclip/index_nf.html
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