This document discusses the future of social robotics and humanoid companion robots like Pepper. It provides an overview of Pepper, including its hardware, architecture, software resources for developers, and examples of commercial uses in retail stores, transportation hubs, and cosmetic advising. The document emphasizes lessons learned around user-driven vs robot-driven applications, the importance of animation, diversifying robot responses, anticipating failures, and the multidisciplinary teamwork needed to develop social robots.
3. HUMANOID
COMPANION
ROBOTS
ROBOTS
Robots are electronic
machines programmed to
do things autonomously.
HUMANOI
D
Humanoid are devices with
an overall appearance
based on the human body.
SOCIAL IA
Social IA are computer
softwares that are capable
of intelligent behavior
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11. Real World Context Contextual I.A. Execution
Applications
AUTONOMOU
S
LIFE
12. AUTONOMOU
S
LIFE
Input Services
(extractors)
Speech Recognition
Facial Expression
Face Recognition
People Perception
...
Output Services
Text to Speech
LEDs
Sounds
Animations
...
OS System Services
Activity Suggestion
Mind Priorization
Focused Activites
Navigation
Engine
Dialog Engine ...
Installed Activities
18. Role
Loyalty card promotion
Satisfaction Survey
Product recommendation
Entertainment
Deployment
35 robots in France
and Spain
3 months trial
USE-CASE:
CARREFOUR
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20. Role
Cosmetic advisor
Answering 100+ FAQ
Connected to e-commerce
site
Results
Serving 500+
customers/day
Sales increase
USE-CASE:
LOFT
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21. STORY TIME
In 2014
Franck Calzada launched Intuitive Robots
Carl Clement created Emotion Robotics
Xavier Basset started Hoomano
And they are doing great!
22. Do you want
to do *this* or
*that*?
WHAT
WE
LEARNED
Hey, get me a
drink robot!
User driven application
VS
robot driven application
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24. Hello human, do
you want to play
a game?
Good
Morning
Hello human, do
you want to play
a game?
Hi buddy!
Hello human, do
you want to play
a game?
Hello!
Diversify inputs &
outputs in the dialog
WHAT
WE
LEARNED
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27. Q&A
Try our software and join the
community at
developer.softbankrobotics.com
Connect with us
#MeetPepper
@SBRAmerica
@PepperTheRobot
Nicolas Rigaud
Developers Advocate
SoftBank Robotics
@wtfirl
nrigaud@aldebaran.com