{"id":123612,"date":"2021-02-20T17:57:06","date_gmt":"2021-02-20T17:57:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.techweekmag.com\/?p=123612"},"modified":"2021-03-05T14:27:04","modified_gmt":"2021-03-05T14:27:04","slug":"nikobo-panasonic-will-dispel-quarantine-sadness-with-robot","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.stereoindex.com\/tech\/technology\/nikobo-panasonic-will-dispel-quarantine-sadness-with-robot\/","title":{"rendered":"Nikobo: Panasonic will dispel quarantine sadness with robot"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Recently, the Japanese company Panasonic introduced Nikobo , a stationary &#8220;hugging&#8221; robot.<\/p>\n<div id=\"g1-fluid-wrapper-counter-1\" class=\"g1-fluid-wrapper \" style=\"width:662px;\" data-g1-fluid-width=\"662\" data-g1-fluid-height=\"372\">\n<div class=\"g1-fluid-wrapper-inner\" style=\"padding-bottom:56.19335347432%;\">\n\t       <iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"\u5f31\u3044\u30ed\u30dc\u30c3\u30c8\u300cNICOBO(\u30cb\u30b3\u30dc)\u300d\u65e5\u5411\u307c\u3063\u3053\u7de8\u3010\u30d1\u30ca\u30bd\u30cb\u30c3\u30af\u516c\u5f0f\u3011\" width=\"662\" height=\"372\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/7sqm3kbzSuA?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n\t       <\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>With no legs or wheels to move around on a table or floor, Nikobo can actively spin in place, nod his head, blink round eyes, and wag his gray tail. Made of pleasant knitted material, the robot asks itself to hug.<\/p>\n<p>Inside the robot, there is quite a serious technical &#8220;filling&#8221;, including a camera with a face recognition function, which allows Nikobo to identify his owner. And the light sensor helps the robot to understand, for example, in which direction the sun is and ask the owner to take it to warm up.<\/p>\n<p><b>Nikobo<\/b>\u00a0was developed by\u00a0<b>Panasonic<\/b>\u00a0together with\u00a0<b>Michio Okada<\/b>\u00a0, professor at Toyohashi University of Technology, who has been involved in so-called\u00a0<i>&#8220;weak robots&#8221;<\/i>\u00a0for many years\u00a0&#8211; companions that not only brighten up a person&#8217;s leisure time, but also, due to their &#8220;special&#8221; helplessness, allow him to take care of himself.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" title=\"&quot;Hugging&quot; robot from Panasonic will dispel quarantine sadness\" src=\"https:\/\/www.stereoindex.com\/tech\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/05781f369036ef04278bf86831d12be8.jpg\" alt=\"&quot;Hugging&quot; robot from Panasonic will dispel quarantine sadness\" border=\"0\" \/><\/p>\n<p><b>Nikobo is the<\/b>\u00a0first\u00a0<b>Panasonic<\/b>\u00a0smart robot\u00a0to go public.\u00a0It debuted on the Japanese crowdfunding platform\u00a0<b>Makuake<\/b>\u00a0.\u00a0The idea turned out to be so interesting that the entire first edition of 320 smart robots was dismantled on the very first day.\u00a0<b>Nikobo&#8217;s<\/b>\u00a0cost\u00a0was\u00a0<b>39,800 yen ($ 376)<\/b>\u00a0, with an estimated delivery date of\u00a0<b>March 2022<\/b>\u00a0.\u00a0Panasonic will consider the possibility of more mass production and sale of the smart robot depending on the level of interest and demand.<\/p>\n<p>[ratemypost]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Recently, the Japanese company Panasonic introduced Nikobo , a stationary &#8220;hugging&#8221; robot. With no legs or wheels to move around on a table or floor, Nikobo can actively spin in place, nod his head, blink round eyes, and wag his gray tail. Made of pleasant knitted material, the robot asks itself to hug. 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