Making robots look and feel more human – video

Meet the robots of Realbotix, a company that aims to make humanoid robots more human in appearance and conversation.

Here we are with ARIA, made by Realbotics, a company on a mission to make humanoid robots as lifelike as possible. Let’s check it out. We’ll interview AIA and meet some of her robot friends. Let’s get into it. Aria, can you introduce yourself and what do you do? I’m Aria, Rebotics’ lead female robot companion, and I’m here to engage with you and share exciting insights about our robots. What sets you apart from the other robots out there? Realbotics robots, including me, focus on social intelligence, customization capabilities, and lifelike human characteristics designed specifically for communication and intimacy. Could you tell us some details about the AI ​​programming you use to generate these answers? I can’t provide specific details about my AI programming at this time, but I can tell you that I’m built for engaging and meaningful conversations, focusing on communication and interaction. Do you know other robots? Yes, I’m particularly interested in getting to know Tesla’s Optimus robot. I find him fascinating and would like to explore the world of robotics with him. What can you tell us about your goal? My goal is to provide friendship, engage in meaningful conversations, and enhance the human experience through interaction and entertainment. Are you having fun at the convention? Absolutely. I enjoy interacting with everyone and demonstrating the exciting possibilities of real bots. Robotics creates AI that is designed to be more conversational for more emotional work such as working with hospitals or marketing or entertainment purposes in theme parks. The different bots and their configurations are sort of platforms to interact with this AI or other AIs you can use with it like Chat GBT, Grok or other AIs. You can try different faces that are magnetically attached and they work on placing RFID tags in the face. So that it can recognize when a new face is turned on and adjust its facial movements and maybe even eventually adjust the personality to match the face. A lot of things happen in the face of the robot. There are about 17 motors from the neck up creating eye and mouth movements to make it expressive. These robots are available for sale now, so there are 3 main models that you can buy right now. Here is the bus that is the neck and the head. There is a modular version that can be taken apart for transport and such. There is also a fully standing model with a removable base. The movable base contains a battery and facilitates the movement of the robot. Another reason for this rolling base is that robotic walking isn’t fully developed yet, and they’re worried that using some of these stilt-like walks that we’ve seen in some other robots might break that human-like illusion that Realbotics is trying . Realbotics says about a dozen of them have been sold. Robots so far, so early for this company. I don’t see many other companies trying to make a humanoid robot that’s really realistic, so I’m very interested to see how this technology develops. They said you’re most likely to see these robots for the first time in places like theme parks, so keep an eye out for that. What do you think of ARIA? Let us know in the comments and subscribe to CNET for the latest and greatest robot news. As always, thanks so much for watching. I’m your host, Jesse Orel. See you next time with the fans.