Adorable Multilingual Robot Goes To Work On Cruise Ship, Never Gets Seasick

[allheart55 Cindy E]

 

 

Pepper is a very popular robot, working as a concierge and sales assistant in retail environments all over the world. The 4-foot-tall humanoid android is able to detect and respond to humans’ emotional states, and will eventually be able to perform a variety of jobs that require interacting with the public. Its newest assignment: multiple Peppers will go to sea on Costa cruise ships.

 

The companies behind Pepper, Aldebaran Robotics and its parent company Softbank, propose using the robots everywhere from the hospitality industry to retail stores to individual homes as a companion, which the company is trying in Japan.

 

In addition to emotional intelligence, Pepper is also powered by IBM’s Watson, and can have different languages installed according to customer needs. The version heading to work on Costa cruise ships will have three languages pre-programmed, (English, German, and Italian) and won’t be in charge of typical repetitive robot tasks like delivering towels or mixing drinks.

 

Instead, it will serve as a robo-concierge, helping to answer customer questions and help the Carnival-owned cruise line understand what customers want as a form of “digital engagement.” If there are passengers who speak a language the robot isn’t familiar with, it can receive an upgrade.

 

If the company uses information collected from Pepper to make decisions about amenities or field complaints about the food, that raises privacy concerns: will users be told how their conversations with the adorable white plastic crew members could be used?

 

How Pepper the robot will become newest crew member of Costa Cruise Line [TechRepublic]

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The companies behind Pepper, Aldebaran Robotics and its parent company Softbank, propose using the robots everywhere from the hospitality industry to retail stores to individual homes as a companion, which the company is trying in Japan.

 

I sure would have liked a robot when I had my children, some

years with 2-1/2 kids in diapers1! Over 11 years, it was plain

cloth diapers which had to be folded, pre-fold diapers, and

finally diaper service. All too soon for throw-away disposables.

 

To think that someday a robot may be changing the diapers of

my great-great-grandchildren! I'll be happy for their mothers

but probably green with envy.

 

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[allheart55 Cindy E]

I could use something like this now.:thumbsup: