We have previously told you about the robot Pepper, developed through the efforts of companies SoftBank and Aldebaran Electronics. Also you’ve probably heard about the supercomputer Watson, developed by IBM Corporation. Pepper was originally designed to communicate with people in a language they understand and be help in many different areas. The robot’s developers plan to use the power of the Watson supercomputer in order to make their offspring even more like a real person in communication.
“Today, the power of cognitive computing can take almost any form. Our collaboration with SoftBank Robotics Holdings in the work on the robot Pepper will expand their audience, and also to show her the power of the Watson computer,” said head of development Watson Mike rhodin.
Both companies are equally interested in the development of each other. IBM has an incredibly powerful platform, capable of processing enormous quantities of data and act as a consultant in various fields, and SoftBank has a comfortable shell in the form of a friendly robot Pepper, which can work as a nurse in the hospital, tour of the Museum and even a teacher at school. To this day, the robot used its own cloud-based artificial intelligence developed by its creators, however, they decided that this was not enough to Pepper met all assigned to him the requirements.
What will come of this unusual collaboration, time will tell. But for now you can only hope that one day an army of robots Pepper tries to seize power on Earth.