Talk to NEC PaPeRo home robot to reach your destination by the best route

July 24th, 2008 | Category: Tech Talk

NEC demonstrated the use of its PaPeRo home robot as a human machine interface (HMI) for inputting info, such as the destination and purpose of an outing, into a car navigation system and other devices. According to NEC, the purpose of utilizing PaPeRo as an HMI is to improve user convenience through the use of a home robot equipped

with voice recognition and camera functions, instead of using a touch panel or other devices, which are usually used to input info into a car navigation system. For example, when a user in house tells the robot that he is “going to Yokohama on a moment,” the robot recognizes that person’s voice and uploads the data to the server […]

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