Softbank will start accepting reservations for home models for "Pepper" on April 16th
SoftBank Robotics and SoftBank announced the Pepper for Home, a home model for the humanoid robot "Pepper".Reservations will start on April 16 and will be released sequentially.
"Pepper" is a robot that not only understands human emotions, but also has emotions.Like humans, the feature is that emotions fluctuate complicatedly according to the feelings of the other person, the interaction with the people, and their own situation, and take action according to it.
"Pepper for Home" is a new home model of "Pepper" compatible with Android.The screen design displayed on the Pepper's chest display has been renewed, making it intuitive and easy to use.
In addition, even if you are not having a conversation, you can display necessary information on your chest display in your life scene such as clocks, news, and weather.Furthermore, when called "HI, Pepper", it became possible to start a conversation with Pepper, making it easier to talk with Pepper than before.
In addition, SoftBank Robotics is a development platform "Dialogflow Enterprise Edition", a development platform provided by Google, and a social AI (artificial intelligence) "Rina" technology provided by Microsoft Japan.A new conversation platform for humanoids in cooperation with the applied AI marketing solution "Rinna Character Platform".In the past, it was difficult to respond, the accuracy of the response to the conversation content was improved, and the smooth conversation with Pepper has been enjoyed longer.
The body size of "Pepper" is 480 (width) x 1210 (height) x 425 (depth) mm, weight 29 kg.The battery is a lithium -ion battery, the capacity is 30.0Ah/795Wh, operating time is up to 12 hours or more.
The price of "Pepper" is 198,000 yen, and the basic plan of "Pepper for Home" is 27,600 yen x 36 months or 993,600 yen lump -sum payment (all excluding tax).Separately, a robot procedure fee (9,800 yen) is required.The basic plan is 37 months of payment, 36 payments, and 0%.Join the basic plan is essential.
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