NEC’s PaPeRo robot has been around since 1997 but recently just made head lines again. Papero is a home robot and its name stands for Partner-type-Personal-Robot. We’re not sure about the details but it sounds like Papero somehow manages to beam itself into your GPS navigation system :)
For example, when a user in house tells the robot that he is ‘going to Yokohama on a date,’ the robot recognizes that person’s voice and uploads the information to the server via wireless LAN, etc. The server performs an arithmetical operation on the uploaded information in consideration of the dialogue history between the robot and the user, the knowledge information inputted to the robot, the season, the time, etc.
Then, information on the best route for the user to go to Yokohama on a date is calculated, and the result is sent to the user’s car navigation system, etc and displayed on the screen. Therefore, the user only has to get in the car and talk to the robot to reach his destination by the best route.
Also, the company added a twist to the car navigation screen by displaying a character resembling PaPeRo on it.
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