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11 11  Navel has expressions (uncanny valley?)
12 12  Miro is a dog that can talk //[[https:~~/~~/www.youtube.com/watch?v=quVza0CED5o>>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=quVza0CED5o]]
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14 -Some of us felt like Navel was too uncanny to feel comforting, leaving it out. Pepper and Nao were both valid options, however we deemed that Miro would be the most comforting option out of the 4 available.
14 +Some of us felt like Navel was too uncanny to feel comforting, leaving it out. Pepper and Nao were both valid options, however we deemed that Miro would be the most comforting option out of the 4 available. While Miro is not able to move around, we plan to have a personal robot for each room/person, invalidating the need for complex navigation.
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17 17  According to their research paper ([[https:~~/~~/www.researchgate.net/profile/Tony-Prescott/publication/325788257_MiRo_An_Animal-like_Companion_Robot_with_a_Biomimetic_Brain-based_Control_System/links/5b23c635aca272277fb22a5d/MiRo-An-Animal-like-Companion-Robot-with-a-Biomimetic-Brain-based-Control-System.pdf>>https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Tony-Prescott/publication/325788257_MiRo_An_Animal-like_Companion_Robot_with_a_Biomimetic_Brain-based_Control_System/links/5b23c635aca272277fb22a5d/MiRo-An-Animal-like-Companion-Robot-with-a-Biomimetic-Brain-based-Control-System.pdf]]), Miro has the following features:
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33 33  - Considering the video, it has text-to-speech
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35 35  
36 +Extra personal notes:
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37 -According to their research paper ([[https:~~/~~/www.researchgate.net/publication/254029603_Humanoid_robot_NAO_Review_of_control_and_motion_exploration>>https://www.researchgate.net/publication/254029603_Humanoid_robot_NAO_Review_of_control_and_motion_exploration]]), Nao has the following features:
38 +//The robots can dance
39 +All provide voice synthesis
40 +They cannot pick stuff up//
38 38  
39 -- Clearly a robot, yet looks like a human.
40 40  
41 -- It can even move like a human, with movable limbs.
42 42  
43 -- Features text-to-speech, sound localization, obstacle detection.
44 +--According to their research paper ([[https:~~/~~/www.researchgate.net/publication/254029603_Humanoid_robot_NAO_Review_of_control_and_motion_exploration>>https://www.researchgate.net/publication/254029603_Humanoid_robot_NAO_Review_of_control_and_motion_exploration]]), Nao has the following features:--
44 44  
45 -- 640x480 30FPS video.
46 +--- Clearly a robot, yet looks like a human.--
46 46  
47 -- Can walk around
48 +--- It can even move like a human, with movable limbs.--
48 48  
49 -- Can communicate with remote computers
50 +--- Features text-to-speech, sound localization, obstacle detection.--
50 50  
52 +--- 640x480 30FPS video.--
51 51  
52 -According to their research paper ([[https:~~/~~/www.researchgate.net/publication/326334563_A_Mass-Produced_Sociable_Humanoid_Robot_Pepper_The_First_Machine_of_Its_Kind>>https://www.researchgate.net/publication/326334563_A_Mass-Produced_Sociable_Humanoid_Robot_Pepper_The_First_Machine_of_Its_Kind]]), Pepper has the following features:
54 +--- Can walk around--
53 53  
54 -- Clearly a robot, yet looks like a human, though does not move arond as human like as Nao. Does feature human like gestures.
56 +--- Can communicate with remote computers--
55 55  
56 -- 12h battery life, can move around autonomously
57 57  
58 -- Features a tablet
59 +--According to their research paper ([[https:~~/~~/www.researchgate.net/publication/326334563_A_Mass-Produced_Sociable_Humanoid_Robot_Pepper_The_First_Machine_of_Its_Kind>>https://www.researchgate.net/publication/326334563_A_Mass-Produced_Sociable_Humanoid_Robot_Pepper_The_First_Machine_of_Its_Kind]]), Pepper has the following features:--
59 59  
60 -- 640x480 30FPS video.
61 +--- Clearly a robot, yet looks like a human, though does not move arond as human like as Nao. Does feature human like gestures.--
61 61  
62 -- Uses modules to create a dialogue-based interaction system. (NAOqi), but can be programmed with Python, C++, Java
63 +--- 12h battery life, can move around autonomously--
63 63  
65 +--- Features a tablet--
64 64  
65 -Extra personal notes:
67 +--- 640x480 30FPS video.--
66 66  
67 -//The robots can dance
68 -All provide voice synthesis
69 -They cannot pick stuff up//
69 +--- Uses modules to create a dialogue-based interaction system. (NAOqi), but can be prog--rammed with Python, C++, Java