Virtual assistant technology is already being incorporated
into companion robots from specialists targeting the consumer early learning and primary school segments.
Companion robots provide emotional support for users and interact with them as they, for example, play a game, or watch a movie.
Emotix is the creator of Miko, an artificial intelligence -
based companion robot which educates and entertains children above the age of five years.
Assistant robots are designed to help people with everyday tasks, such as dispense dispensing medications,
whereas companion robots are designed to support people emotionally, serving as friends or pets, according to the researchers, who report their findings in the current issue of the International Journal of Human - Computer Studies.
Assistant robots are devices that help with everyday tasks, such as vacuuming the floor or playing a CD, he said,
while companion robots are more interactive.
«We were actually surprised to find out that they
wanted companion robots to be serious and assistant robots to be playful,» said Sundar.
On the opposite extreme, independently operated coiled polymer muscles having a diameter less than a human hair could bring life - like facial expressions to
humanoid companion robots for the elderly and dexterous capabilities for minimally invasive robotic microsurgery.
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game companion robot, can say...
«Robot designers and developers look at older adults as a central user base
for companion robots,» said Waddell.
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The researchers studied two types of robots:
companion robots and assistant robots, said Sundar.
Likewise, older adults who believe that
companion robots could harm young people may tend to avoid robots.
«But it «s pretty clear from our data that a serious demeanor adds credibility to
a companion robot, whereas a playful demeanor softens the tension when interacting with an assistant robot.»
The participants were assigned to one of four conditions ---- playful assistant robot, serious assistant robot, playful
companion robot and serious companion robot.
This interactivity may be one reason that users tend to attach human - like emotions to
companion robots, Waddell said.
Older adults» fears that
companion robots will negatively affect young people may create design challenges for developers hoping to build robots for older users, according to Penn State researchers.
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A companion robot provides the user with a source of friendship,» said Waddell.
Instead, DRG reduces the number of enemies that appear and provides
companion robots that perform some tasks (lighting areas, digging, and so on) that real - life co-op buddies would normally handle.
The buddy comedy stars Frank Langella as a retired jewel thief who seeks to resume his criminal ways with the help of
a companion robot, voiced by Peter Sarsgaard.
Of the four concepts, one is
a companion robot, while another is an autonomous off - road concept.
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a companion robot.
An example of this technology is
the companion robot known as HIGS.
The Zombies Map is called The Spaceland and features
a companion robot called N3IL.
The short trailer shows a woman walking through a wasteland with
her companion robot dog and then, well, you'll see.
No sign of any Mags, though (
companion robots that evolve and offer players bonuses when fed combinations of items).
Another proposal, Biobot, would offload some of an astronauts» life support and consumables to
a companion robot tethered by an umbilical system.
I'd been in the middle of setting up
the companion robot's voice recognition system, repeating his trigger phrase six times in a row so that he could learn who was talking to him.