Genibo
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GENIBO
The Genibo QD is an autonomous pet robot, similar in concept to Sony's 'ERS-7' AiboAIBO
AIBO was one of several types of robotic pets designed and manufactured by Sony...
, but was created to be much more dog-like in appearance and behavior.
Modeled to resemble a Bull Terrier
Bull Terrier
The Bull Terrier or English Bull Terrier is a breed of dog in the terrier family. They are known for their large, egg-shaped head, small triangular eyes, and "jaunty gait." Their temperament has been described as generally fun-loving, active and clownish...
, the Genibo QD can identify itself and the surroundings using its sensors, camera, and voice commands and share feelings with the user. With input information, it forms 'Emotion/Mood/Intelligence/Character/Intimacy' to feature unique character and AI.
The Genibo QD is capable of understanding over 100 voice commands (such as "sit", "come here" and "do a headstand") and has the ability to praise or scold the dog using the touch sensors located on its head, back and flank. The dogs mood will change according to user interaction and can express happiness, pleasure, sadness, surprise, anger, boredom and sleepiness.
The Genibo QD comes with PC Control Manager software that allows you to see a live view of what the dog is seeing, take photos, create skits/dance routines, record voice memos, MP3 playback, and set alarms.
Genibo was originally released as a prototype in 2006 and was made available to the public in 2008 for about $1500 USD. The new 2009 Genibo QD robots come with English computer software and remote as well as the ability to understand English voice commands as where the previous models could only understand Korean.
Specifications
| Technical specifications | |
|---|---|
| CPU | 32 bit RISC Proc |
| Battery | 7.4V Li-ion, 2,200 mAh MAH The National Security Service was the governmental intelligence organization of Turkey between 1926 and 1965, when it was replaced by the National Intelligence Organization .... |
| Charger adapter | 110 - 240V: 50 – 60 Hz (Universal Supply) output at 9V, 2.5A |
| Camera | 1.3M pixel, 1280 x 1024 |
| Camera frame rate | 15fps, Jpeg |
| Voice recognition | 100 commands |
| Touch sensors | head nose back left and right flanks |
| Other | real-time clock Real-time clock A real-time clock is a computer clock that keeps track of the current time. Although the term often refers to the devices in personal computers, servers and embedded systems, RTCs are present in almost any electronic device which needs to keep accurate time.-Terminology:The term is used to avoid... tilt sensor 4 paw sensors 3 color LED eye displays (31 leds each eye) |
| Connectivity | WLAN |
| Width | 192 mm |
| Length | 334 mm |
| Height | 330 mm |
| Weight | 1.6 kg (inc battery) |
See also
- Domestic robotDomestic robotA domestic robot is a robot used for household chores. Thus far, there are only a few limited models, though science fiction writers and other speculators have suggested that they could become more common in the future...
- i-CybieI-Cybiei-Cybie is a robotic pet that resembles a dog. It was manufactured by Silverlit Electronics. The i-Cybie robot responds to sound, touch, voice commands via remote control. Although i-Cybie does possess a limited amount of artificial intelligence, programming is not easily modifiable by the...
, another robotic dog - FurbyFurbyA Furby was a popular electronic robotic toy resembling a hamster/owl-like creature which went through a period of being a "must-have" toy following its launch in the holiday season of 1998, with continual sales until 2000...
, a robot which lent many concepts to the creation of AIBO - Sony CISC, which gives telephone technical support for AIBO
- QRIOQRIOQRIO was to be a bipedal humanoid entertainment robot developed and marketed by Sony to follow up on the success of its AIBO toy. QRIO stood approximately 0.6 m tall and weighed 7.3 kg...
, a humanoid robot also developed by SonySony, commonly referred to as Sony, is a Japanese multinational conglomerate corporation headquartered in Minato, Tokyo, Japan and the world's fifth largest media conglomerate measured by revenues.... - AsimoASIMOis a humanoid robot created by Honda. Introduced in 2000, ASIMO, which is an acronym for "Advanced Step in Innovative MObility", was created to be a helper to people. With aspirations of helping people who lack full mobility, ASIMO is used to encourage young people to study science and mathematics...
, a humanoid robot - PleoPleoPleo is an animatronic pet dinosaur toy designed to emulate the appearance and behavior of a week-old baby Camarasaurus. It was designed by Caleb Chung, the co-creator of the Furby, Chung's company Ugobe sold pleo and was manufactured by Jetta...
, robotic dinosaur - NaoNao (robot)Nao is an autonomous, programmable, medium-sized humanoid robot, developed by Aldebaran Robotics, a French startup company headquartered in Paris. Project Nao was launched in 2004. On August 15, 2007, Nao replaced Sony's robot dog Aibo as the robot used in the Robot Soccer World Cup Standard...
, a humanoid robot replacing aibo in robocup competitions