This document discusses social humanoid robots and Pepper, an autonomous humanoid robot created by SoftBank Robotics. It provides an overview of Pepper, including its hardware specifications and software. Examples are given of how Pepper is being used by companies like Nestle and Carrefour to assist customers and increase sales. Lessons learned are discussed around designing interactions with users and anticipating failures. The document encourages attending community events and joining the developer community to learn more about creating applications for Pepper.

1. IOT WITH THE BEST:
THE FUTURE OF
SOCIAL ROBOTICS
October 30th
#MeetPepper
Nicolas Rigaud
@wtfirl

2. Robots ?

3. HUMANOID
COMPANION
ROBOTS
ROBOTS
Robots are electronic
machines programmed to
do things autonomously.
HUMANOID
Humanoid are devices with
an overall appearance
based on the human body.
SOCIAL IA
Social IA are computer
softwares that are capable
of intelligent behavior
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4. EVOLUTION OF
INTERFACES
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5. EVOLUTION OF
INTERFACES
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6. TECHNOLOGY
DISAPPEARS

7. WE
CREATE
SOCIAL
HUMANOID
ROBOTS
NAO
ROMEO
PEPPER

8. THE TECHNOLOGY
BEHIND

9. HARDWARE
OVERVIEW
BayTrail processor
Wifi / Ethernet
20 motors
120cm / 4 feet
28kg / 62 lb
12h battery
2x 3D Sensors
2x Loudspeakers
4x Microphones
2x 2D Cameras
3x Tactile sensor
Sonar
3x Safety bumpers
2x Lasers
Tablet
2x Tactile sensors
Gyroscope
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10. Real World Context Contextual I.A. Execution
Applications
AUTONOMOUS
LIFE

11. AUTONOMOUS
LIFE
Input Services
(extractors)
SpeechRecognition
Facial Expression
Face Recognition
People Perception
...
Output Services
Text to Speech
LEDs
Sounds
Animations
...
OS System Services
ActivitySuggestion
Mind Priorization
Focused Activites
Navigation Engine Dialog Engine ...
Installed Activities

12. RESSOURCES
CHOREGRAPHE & SDKs
(windows, mac, linux)
#MeetPepper
SDKSDK
SDK SDK
SDK
• SOFTWARE
• DOCUMENTATION
• Q&A
• FORUMS
• COMMUNITY EVENTS
http : //developer.softbankrobotics.com

13. HOWDY
SDK
App Analytics
Choregraphe
SDKs
ENVIRONMENT
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14. USE-CASE:
NESTLE
Role
Introducing products
Explaining benefits
Entertainment
Recommendations
Result
↗ sales increase
Deployment
Currently 200 stores
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15. Role
Loyalty card promotion
Satisfaction Survey
Product recommendation
Entertainment
Deployment
35 robots in France
and Spain
3 months trial
USE-CASE:
CARREFOUR
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16. Role
Interacts with patients
Gives feedbacks on tests
Audio and video
messaging
Results
Acceptance
Reduced pain
USE-CASE:
CONSERTO
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17. STORY TIME
In 2014
Franck Calzada launched Intuitive Robots
Carl Clement created Emotion Robotics
Xavier Basset started Hoomano
And they are doing great!

18. Do you want
to do *this* or
*that*?
WHAT
WE
LEARNED
Hey, get me a
drink robot!
User driven application
VS
robot driven application
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19. Bad animation
VS
Good animation
WHAT
WE
LEARNED
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20. Hello human, do
you want to play
a game?
Good
Morning
Hello human, do
you want to play
a game?
Hi buddy!
Hello human, do
you want to play
a game?
Hello!
Diversify inputs &
outputs in the dialog
WHAT
WE
LEARNED
#MeetPepper

21. Anticipate & design
failures
Hello human, do
you want to do
*this* or *that*?
WHAT
WE
LEARNED
#MeetPepper

22. Q&A
Try our software and join the
community at
developer.softbankrobotics.com
Connect with us
#MeetPepper
@PepperTheRobot
Nicolas Rigaud
Developers Advocate
SoftBankRobotics
@wtfirl
nrigaud@softbankrobotics.com