Intelligent Personal Robot Unveiled at CES

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A deep learning-powered robot capable of acting as a personal assistant, stylist, security guard, photographer and telepresence has been shown off at the Consumer Electronics Show.

Once in a while a revolutionary product comes along that changes everything. That change is here today say the creators of a new intelligent personal robot unveiled at the Consumer Electronics Show (CES), and she is looking forward to meeting you.

The Personal Robot, developed by New York-based start-up Robotbase, is able to act as a personal assistant, stylist, security guard, photographer and telepresence

The robot works in conjunction with connected devices like the Google's Nest thermostat, as well as apps including Facebook, Twitter and Amazon.  From

By integrating such apps the AI robot claims to be able to "buy you dinners and automatically track your calories", "call you a cab as soon as you leave the office" and "take a picture immediately when you pose."

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"Not only can the robot understand what I say, it can actually see things around it in the same way that we humans do," said Robotbase CEO Duy Huynh at a demonstration of the technology. "It recognizes faces, it recognizes objects around the house in order to navigate by itself.

A demonstration of the object recognition system that will be embedded in the robot is available here.

"We are the very first company to apply deep learning to robotics. It has computer vision, facial recognition, emotion recognition and pattern recognition with a single algorithm.

"Not just a robot, it's artificial intelligence. Not just recognizing your face, it knows your mood. Not just understanding what you say, it knows what you really mean. It learns and gets smarter every day."

"Not just a robot, it's artificial intelligence. Not just recognizing your face, it knows your mood. Not just understanding what you say, it knows what you really mean. It learns and gets smarter every day."

Huynh and his team have taken the Internet of Things (IoT) controller app they created, Shortcut, and added on the robotic component for Robotbase's introductory product.  See video below.

Where Shortcut is, as Huynh puts it, Huynh puts it, it’s like “a Siri for the Internet of Things,” the Personal Robot adds in even more functionality on a mobile platform.  Initial impressions from the company's video at the top make the robot look like Siri, or Amazon Echo fused with a telepresence robot.

Working through the New York incubator 500 Startups, Huynh and his team have developed the robot and artificial intelligence rapidly.

The robot is both WiFi and Bluetooth enabled and contains various sensors to monitor its surrounding environment and perform complicated tasks, ranging from checking in guests at a hotel, to telling bedtime stories to children.

Robotbase has launced a crowd-funding campaign for the personal robot on Kickstarter. More than $25,000 has already been raised as part of the campaign, which offers backers a personal robot ready to be shipped by December 2015. The planned retail cost for the robots is $1995.




SOURCE  International Business Times

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