The new technology will use SoftBank’s Pepper robot to help drivers with advices when parking the car and will also give them company during long trips
SoftBank Founder Masayoshi Son (Image Credit: SoftBan’s Facebook page)
Japanese telecom and Internet giant SoftBank is teaming up with automobile giant Honda to develop a technology that will enable cars to read emotions and communicate with the driver, according to Reuters.
Using a cloud-based technology, SoftBank’s “Pepper” robot will help drivers with advices while parking the car and will also give them company during long trips.
The announcement comes close on the heels of SoftBank’s acquisition of chip maker ARM Holdings.
Pepper robot, launched in 2014, has capabilities to generate emotions autonomously by processing information from its cameras, touch sensors, accelerometer and other sensors within its multi-layer neural network. Pepper’s emotions are influenced by people’s facial expressions and words, as well as the surroundings, which in turn affects Pepper’s words and actions.
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At an event in Tokyo, SoftBank chief Masayoshi Son said: “Imagine if robots, with their super intelligence, devoted themselves to humans. And imagine that cars themselves became supercomputers or robots one day. Honda will be the first to adopt this technology.”
Of late, SoftBank has been making an aggressive push into Artificial Intelligence, robotics and IoT.
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