PaPeRo

PaPeRo
PaPeRo at SIGGRAPH in 2009
ManufacturerNEC Corporation
Year of creation1997
Websitewww.necplatforms.co.jp/solution/marketplace/
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The PaPeRo which stands for "Partner-type-Personal-Robot", is a personal robot developed by Japanese firm NEC Corporation. It is noted for its cute appearance[1] and facial recognition system.[2] The robot's development began in 1997 with the first prototype, the R100.[3] The name PaPeRo was adopted in 2001.[4]

PaPeRo has been researched and developed with the intent for it to partner with human beings and live together with them. For this reason, it has various basic functions for the purpose of interacting with people.[4]

Since the original introduction of PaPeRo, there have been a few different versions, including a Childcare Version, 2003 and 2005 revised versions, and "PaPe-Jiro", a robotic comedian.[5] In 2006, a virtual PaPeRo was released for use in any PC running the Windows operating system and the Pocket PC.[6] The robot is programmable using a development environment known as "PaPeRo Creator".[7]

For PaPeRo to interact with people and perform autonomous actions, it must understand information on the conditions of, and outside, the location where it has been put. For this reason, various devices have been included to detect the outside area, such as a CCD camera, microphone, ultrasonic sensors, etc.[4]

In spring 2009, NEC introduced PaPeRo Mini,[8] weighing half of the current PaPeRo model, with physical dimensions roughly half the size of the original.[9] The PaPeRo Petit was introduced in 2013, which is even smaller at 23 cm tall.[4] NEC plans to use this version to provide a service "that will allow family members living apart to watch over each other utilizing the robot and cloud computing technology."[10]

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  2. ^ Hiroshi Idegawa; Nikkei Monozukuri; Satoshi Ookubo. "NEC Develops Business-card-sized Voice Interaction Module". Nikkei Technology. Retrieved 16 March 2016.
  3. ^ "R100". Robotics Today. Retrieved 16 March 2016.
  4. ^ a b c d Ichiguro, Shin. "The producer of the wildly popular PaPeRo robot". NEC. Retrieved 16 March 2016.
  5. ^ "NEC's PaPeRo Robot". Gizmo Highway. Retrieved 16 March 2016.
  6. ^ Ulanoff, Lance (10 May 2006). "NEC's Companion Robot Gets A Virtual Buddy". PcMag. Ziff Davis, LLC. Retrieved 16 March 2016.
  7. ^ "What can PaPeRo do?". Communication Robot PaPeRo(English). NEC. Retrieved 16 March 2016.
  8. ^ "Papero Mini Description". Robotics Today. Retrieved 16 March 2016.
  9. ^ Blass, Evan (8 May 2007). "Cuteness overload: NEC introduces PaPeRo-mini". it stands 250 millimeters tall and weighs 2.5 kilograms, as opposed to the larger model's 385-millimeter height and 5-kilogram weight {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |url= (help)
  10. ^ Owano, Nancy (13 November 2016). "NEC introduces the PaPeRo petit robot". Phys.org. Science X Network. Retrieved 16 March 2016.