This document discusses the future of social robotics and humanoid companion robots like Pepper. It provides an overview of Pepper, including its hardware, architecture, software resources for developers, and examples of commercial uses in retail stores, transportation hubs, and cosmetic advising. The document emphasizes lessons learned around user-driven vs robot-driven applications, the importance of animation, diversifying robot responses, anticipating failures, and the multidisciplinary teamwork needed to develop social robots.

1. THE FUTURE OF
SOCIAL ROBOTICS
#MeetPepper

2. Robots ?

3. HUMANOID
COMPANION
ROBOTS
ROBOTS
Robots are electronic
machines programmed to
do things autonomously.
HUMANOI
D
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
ROME
O
PEPPE
R

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. NAOqi
ARCHITECTURE
ALMotion
ALLeds
ALMemory
getData(…)
raiseEvent(…)
walkTo(…)
angleInterpolation(…)
setIntensity(…)
fade(…)
SERVICES METHODS

11. Real World Context Contextual I.A. Execution
Applications
AUTONOMOU
S
LIFE

12. AUTONOMOU
S
LIFE
Input Services
(extractors)
Speech Recognition
Facial Expression
Face Recognition
People Perception
...
Output Services
Text to Speech
LEDs
Sounds
Animations
...
OS System Services
Activity Suggestion
Mind Priorization
Focused Activites
Navigation
Engine
Dialog Engine ...
Installed Activities

13. RESSOURCES
CHOREGRAPHE
(windows, mac, linux)
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14. RESSOURCES
SDKSDK
SDK SDK
SDK
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15. RESSOURCES
http : //developer.softbankrobotics.com
• SOFTWARE
• DOCUMENTATION
• Q&A
• FORUMS
• COMMUNITY EVENTS
SCREE CAPTURE NEW PORTAL
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16. HOWDY
SDK
App Analytics
Choregraphe
SDKs
ENVIRONMENT
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17. USE-CASE:
NESTLE
Role
Introducing products
Explaining benefits
Entertainment
Recommendations
Result
↗ sales increase
Deployment
Currently 200 stores
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18. 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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19. Role
Points of interest
Directions
Transport schedule
Satisfaction surveys
Deployment
3 stations in France
3 months trial
USE-CASE:
SNCF
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20. Role
Cosmetic advisor
Answering 100+ FAQ
Connected to e-commerce
site
Results
Serving 500+
customers/day
Sales increase
USE-CASE:
LOFT
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21. STORY TIME
In 2014
Franck Calzada launched Intuitive Robots
Carl Clement created Emotion Robotics
Xavier Basset started Hoomano
And they are doing great!

22. 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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23. Bad animation
VS
Good animation
WHAT
WE
LEARNED
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24. 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
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25. Anticipate & design
failures
Hello human, do
you want to do
*this* or *that*?
WHAT
WE
LEARNED
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26. DIALOG
CODE UX
INTERACTION
DESIGN
SOUN
D
DESIG
N
ANIMATION
GRAPHIC
DESIGN
TEAMWORK
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27. Q&A
Try our software and join the
community at
developer.softbankrobotics.com
Connect with us
#MeetPepper
@SBRAmerica
@PepperTheRobot
Nicolas Rigaud
Developers Advocate
SoftBank Robotics
@wtfirl
nrigaud@aldebaran.com