Here’s PaPeRo again. And this time he comes in a bite-size format. Or better said, in kick-that-ball-mutha format, since he keeps freaking me out just like his bigger, older brother, by now hopefully dismantled and rotting in some landfill near Osaka.
https://gizmodo.com/blogging-robot-to-kill-take-jobs-of-human-giz-writers-241561
PaPeRo Mini only measures 179 x 170 x 250 milimeters (9.84 inches high) and weighs 5.5 pounds, but he’s smarter than PaPeRo. His new smartypants module uses a ARM 9192 CPU and a DSP processor to provide speech recognition, speech synthesis, control of the surrounding area and face recognition.
It’s good to see the Japanese increasing the efficiency of their bots but, quite frankly, I’ll stick with Kondo. He may look more menacing, but at least he’s stupid and talks like the Hulk rather than some snooty British butler.
https://gizmodo.com/kondo-destroys-kondo-smashes-kondo-plays-soccer-253569
Press Release (in Japanese) [NEC via Impress Robot]
