Pravila the prototype robot Nao

Robo-humanoid Nao, a rather interesting specimen from Japan, is in the prototype stage, but even at that, able to surprise and avid Robo-geek, and an ordinary person.


The Nao developer is going to start shipping on the mass market in the next two years. The most interesting thing is that the robot can be controlled via Kinect. But that's not all. The developer has come up with a pretty funny charging station for Nao. The robot actually it himself creeps, finds the cord, he connects, sits down and recharged. And then, himself from her and turned off. Called charging Aldebaran.




Recall that his predecessor was developed by Aldebaran Robotics is able to recognize human emotions. Initially conceived as a robot-player, subsequently the kid NAO will be used as a nurse, helping patients with autistic children.




Robot NAO taught to understand human emotions in the course of a research program called Fellix Growing. The aim of the project is to develop robots that can recognize and reproduce the emotions of man. According to Lola Canamero, technician programs in NAO were recreated model of interaction between young children and young chimpanzees with the outside world. Creating a hardware system at a cost of 3, $ 2 million, but, in fact, was created robotic friend for children. In the Android NAO is able to reproduce human emotions (such as fear, anger, happiness, pride, sadness, admiration) at the level of two-year-old.

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