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Artificial Intelligence - What Is RoboThespian?

 




RoboThespian is an interactive robot created by Engineered Arts in England.

It is described as a humanoid, which means it was meant to look like a person.

The initial version of the robot was released in 2005, with improvements following in 2007, 2010, and 2014.

The robot is human-sized, with a plastic face, metal arms, and legs that can move in a variety of directions.

With its digital voice, the robot's video camera eyes can track a person's movements and infer his or her age and mood.

All RoboThespians, according to Engineered Arts' website, come with a touchscreen that enables users to personalize and manage their experience with the robot, including the ability to animate it and modify its language.

Users may also operate it remotely via a tablet, however since the robot can be preprogrammed, no live operator is necessary.

RoboThespian was created to engage with people in public places including colleges, museums, hotels, trade events, and exhibits.

The robot is utilized as a tour guide in venues like science museums.

It can scan QR codes, identify facial expressions, react to gestures, and communicate with people through a touchscreen kiosk.

RoboThespian may also amuse in addition to these practical uses.

It's jam-packed with songs, gestures, welcomes, and first impressions.

RoboThespian has also performed in front of an audience.

It has the ability to sing, dance, perform, read from a script, and communicate with emotion.

It can respond to audiences and forecast their emotions since it is equipped with cameras and face recognition.

According to Engineered Arts, it may have a "vast variety of facial expression" as an actor and "can be precisely displayed with the delicate subtlety, generally only achieved by human performers" (Engineered Arts 2017).

During the Edinburgh Festival Fringe in 2015, the drama Spillikin had its world debut at the Pleasance Theatre.

In a love tale about a husband who constructs a robot for his wife to keep her company after he dies, RoboThespian appeared with four human performers.

The play toured the United Kingdom from 2016 to 2017, receiving critical praise.

Companies who purchase a RoboThespian may tailor the robot's content to meet their specific requirements.

The appearance of the robot's face and other design elements may be changed.

It can feature a projected face, grippable hands, and moveable legs.

RoboThespians are now placed at NASA Kennedy Center in the United States, the National Science and Technology Museum in Spain, and the Copernicus Science Centre in Poland, among others.

University of Central Florida, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, University College London, and University of Barcelona are among the academic institutions where the robot may be found.



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See also: 


Autonomous and Semiautonomous Systems; Ishiguro, Hiroshi.


References & Further Reading:


Engineered Arts. 2017. “RoboThespian.” Engineered Arts Limited. www.engineeredarts.co.uk.

Hickey, Shane. 2014. “RoboThespian: The First Commercial Robot That Behaves Like a Person.” The Guardian, August 17, 2014. www.theguardian.com/technology/2014/aug/17/robothespian-engineered-arts-robot-human-behaviour.





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