This behaviour lets you use nao as a welcome robot in all places receiving the public. Nao pronounced now is an autonomous, programmable humanoid robot developed by aldebaran robotics, a french robotics company headquartered in paris, which was acquired by softbank group in 2015 and rebranded as softbank robotics. One of the most popular landmarks of this type is the qrcode. A person shows nao a picture drawn by hand on a whiteboard the person says house lets say the person draws a house nao now knows that the picture shown represents a house. The balance of the robot during these quick motions is easily upset and must be taken into consideration. Face recognition with python, in under 25 lines of code. Nowadays, the research on robot onmap localization while using landmarks is more intensively dealing with visual code recognition. Dec 10, 2011 aldebaran took the wraps off its new and improved nao next gen robot today, touting features like a 1. Every lesson gets better when nao is there to lend a hand. Create a vision recognition database or import a previously stored one and. How it works alfacedetection is based on a face detection recognition solution provided by oki with an upper layer improving recognition results. Examples include receiving camera data from the robot and sending head movement commands, which could allow the robot to function as a web.
In previous versions, boxes such as learn face and speech recognition were not supported by the naoqi virtual robots, which meant that students who wanted to build programs using these boxes needed to have a robot to test their work. Implementing deep learning object recognition on nao. The robots development began with the launch of project nao in 2004. The os powers the robot s multimedia system, which includes four microphones for voice recognition and sound localization, two speakers for multilingual texttospeech synthesis and two hd cameras for computer vision, including facial and shape. Solidworksdesigned robots are the new face of some. More than the default behavior of a ga device, the robot, with this project can run custom choregraphe projects, by saying something like execute object recognition. Facial recognition is it possible that pepper can recognize human using some predefined images from a database. Nao is to become a friend of the family in assisting in daily tasks at home. Personalized machine learning for robot perception of affect and engagement in autism therapy. Afterwards, there is a platform where you can add extra functionality to the robot by means of apps.
As its name indicates, nao presenter performs interactive, entertaining, innovative presentations according to content that you can design and update completely independently. In this chapter, nao, the most sold humanoid robot throughout the world. Convolutional neural network transfer learning for robust. Computer based face recognition is the process of recognising individual faces from a series of digital images, using computer driven algorithms to aid identification. Pdf naomark vs qrcode recognition by nao robot vision. Debugging and investigating on the robot debugging and investigating on the robot.
Though the theory may sound complicated, in practice it is quite easy. Nao is a robot with a knack for knowledge both learning and sharing it. Facesdk is a highperformance, multiplatform face recognition, identification and facial feature detection solution. The perception team selected the companion robot nao for experimenting and demonstrating various audiovisual skills as well as for developing the concept of a social robot that is able to recognize human presence, to understand peoples gestures and speech, and to. Recognition robotics is an independent company that produces categoryshifting visual recognition technology that defines future manufacturings new normal. For instance, the use of nao like an assistant in the therapies for treating children with disabilities such as autism, using facial recognition techniques 9 and. A robot face recognition system is a computer application used to automatically identify or verify a person from a digital image or a video frame from a video source. However, as voice recognition software gets better with updates on the server side, the robot could be of particular use to foreigner visitors to japan in the future. Aldebaran released the newest version of their signature product, the nao robot, this june, alongside a new version of their choregraphe software. On top of this hardware, a software environment is also available. Personal robot teaching assistant softbank robotics. Choregraphe suite softbank robotics developer center.
Nao robot with microsoft computer vision api thoshas ai. I do not want to use learn face box, instead i want to import some people images so that as soon as pepper sees that person it recognize. Resources remain accessible on the website until it closes. The 35 children with autism who participated in this study ranged in age from 3 to. Jan 02, 2016 now what we want you to have a look at is the right hand side of the choreograph box here to see the details coming up. Master thesis neural networks for face recognition ocr optical character recognition user movements imitation using kinect. Later, you will be able to find the documentations and softwares for pepper and nao on the new softbank robotics website dedicated to developers, the developer center and on the emea softbank robotics support area. Aldebaran robotics announces nao next gen humanoid robot. Using the api making nao speak using the api making nao speak. To make the robot not only detect but also recognize people, a learning stage is. The problem i have encountered is in the speech recognition module.
The software package includes an advanced simulation software based on webots. To run the module, go to buildsdkbin and run the ocrmodule by passing the robot ip and port. Nao comes with embedded software, running on the motherboard located in the head of the robot, allowing autonomous behaviors desktop software, running on your computer, allowing creation of new behaviors, and the remote control of the robot there are also tools for programmers, allowing remote control of the robot and the expansion of its capabilities. So if i put this in front of the robot there you go you can see in the box its flashing up picture of the nao front picture of the nao so we can see that it picks up the image perfectly. Software improvements and better vision are helping facial. We will do this by exploring the defining and detection tool on an object or image. Robot homes in on consciousness by passing selfawareness.
To make nao not only detect but also recognize people, a learning stage is necessary. Working with a simulated robot working with a simulated robot. Whether a face recognition system is semiautomated or fully automated, a similar process flow is used to identify a subjects face from single or multiple images. This is an example of a therapy session augmented with softbank robotics humanoid robot nao and deeplearning software. Research goals and objectives retrain alexnet on the casiawebface dataset to configure the neural networf for face recognition tasks. The nao robot is controlled by a specialised linuxbased operating system, dubbed naoqi. Nov 16, 2015 14 videos play all aldebaran nao choregraphe tutorials basic robo phil the 1995 hubble photo that changed astronomy duration. Launch it so nao can detect the newly learned objects.
I think there is a lot of potential in combining these apis to enrich the robots interactive capabilities and delve further into the current capabilities of ai. Softbank robotics partners with industryleading face recognition platform, ever ai to enhance customer engagement capabilities of pepper, the humanoid robot. A programmable personal teaching assistant, nao helps teachers bring lessons to life, making learning more fun and more concrete for students. It can distinguish between up to 100 unique objects, two and threedimensional shapes and dramatically similar parts, regardless of. Face recognition software software capable of identifying a person from a digital image or video frame. On 15 august 2007, nao replaced sonys robot dog aibo as the robot used in the robocup. The nao presenter application is the first b2b application designed for the nao robot.
Parallel tasks making nao move and speak parallel tasks making nao move and speak. Interactive, intuitive, and friendly, nao is designed to grab. Vassili also added a little creativity to this facial recognition program, by including a step that made the eyes go red. The next two example projects are most useful if a remote connection is made to the nao robot. Nao turns its head towards a detected face that emits a sound. Nao robot with microsoft computer vision api thoshas ai blog. Jan 04, 2016 this is a quick demo of an unscripted chat session with the nao robot. The first nao robot is equipped with a stereoscopic camera pair with vga resolution and with four microphones. Aldebaran robotics to open source code of nao robot.
Every robot comes standard with choregraphe, an award winning software that makes it easy to program the robot using a drag and drop interface which simplifies the prog ramming for new and advanced users alike. Official fan page of nao, the programmable humanoid robot. Dear users, the community website will close on jun 1st, 2020. How robots aided by deep learning could help autism therapists. Alfacedetection is a vision module in which nao tries to detect, and optionally recognize, faces in front of him. This paper is devoted to the experimental evaluation of visionbased onmap localization procedures that apply qrcodes or nao marks, as implemented in. The nao robot can track, learn and recognize your face using two 920p cameras. Nao may use facerecognition software to dig up some detailed information online about them.
A humanoid robot has solved a classic puzzle called the wisemen test, showing it knows when it is speaking. Nao can recognize specific words within a sentence or conversation using new functionality called word spotting. In addition to the software being able to connect to the robot from a remote location, enabling remote connection to the robot allows remote configuration and updating of. Aldebaran nao robot click images to enlarge although nao has incorporated embedded voice recognition technology from nuance for several years, the 573mm 22. Aldebaran robotics has just announced that its going to open the source code of its popular humanoid robot nao. This is usually achieved through the comparison of selected facial features from the image and a facial database. Learn how to control the nao humanoid robot using an intuitive darg and drop user interface choregraphe or an. Nao robot and learned much about scientific research approaches. Make sure you have launched a vision recognition database on the robot.
Face recognition algorithm and application developed for humanoid. Implementing deep learning object recognition on nao bachelorsthesisinthedegreecourse medieninformatik submittedby. Currently, nao is learning to master chinese and english. Robot nao, started in 2005 and aims to deliver a humanoid robot with mechanical, electronic and cognitive skills to a wider audience, at a reasonable price. A new way to teach and learn, nao fisher scientific. The nao robot pronounced now is a groundbreaking teaching aid for use in robotics, systems and control, computer science, social sciences and beyond.
Programming nao robot with python webinar duration. Face detection and tracking with robot nao eu4m youtube. Alfacedetection is based on a face detectionrecognition solution provided. Face detection technique of humanoid robot nao for application in.
One big customer of the companys models is softbank robotics, maker of the pepper humanoid robot. Nuance, the vocal recognition tool on the nao robot, is also used on the iphone 4s. Vassili explains how he used the nao choregraphe drag and drop software to create a program that allowed the robot to recognise one face. Creating a box script from scratch using parameters. This is a quick demo of an unscripted chat session with the nao robot. The perception team selected the companion robot nao for experimenting and demonstrating various audiovisual skills as well as for developing the concept of a social robot that is able to recognize human presence, to understand peoples gestures and speech, and to communicate by synthesizing appropriate behavior.
Jun 04, 2016 the nao robots have some sophisticated aldebaran software of their own which provides basic processing of their sensor data like facial and object recognition and speech to text. Thesis and projects nao plays guess who planning for nao actions and learning new movements in timeline nao navigates in different rooms nao mathematician 3. Aldebaran robotics launches its new nao next gen humanoid robot with built in wifi, speech and facial recognition software as well as sound localization and voice commands for a new breed of robot the. In terms of software, aldebaran improved whole body motion controls, voice recognition, sound localization, and face and image recognition nao can learn to identify objects like photographs and. Invented, designed, developed and implemented by recognition robotics to mimic the human visual process, cortexrecognition uses a unique algorithm that gives blind production robots true handeye coordination. Nao is a powerful platform with many entertainment and interactive possibilities. Serving software developers worldwide, facesdk is a perfect way to empower web, desktop and mobile applications with facebased user authentication, automatic face. Intelligent management of hierarchical behaviors using a nao. Click the send current vision recognition database to nao button. Alfacedetection softbank robotics developer center. Jul 15, 2015 robot homes in on consciousness by passing selfawareness test. Hi guys im philip english from now on this video were looking to teach you how to use the object recognition tools on your nao robot. The advantage is that the majority of the picture will return a negative during the first few stages, which means the algorithm wont waste time testing all 6,000 features on it.
How it works alfacedetection is based on a face detectionrecognition solution provided by oki with an upper layer improving recognition results. What i have to do is to assign some knowledge on what is shown to nao. Creating a movement with a real nao robot to define the joints values. Additionally, a dialogue system for querying furtherresultsispresented. Instead of taking hours, face detection can now be done in real time. Humanoid robots have always fascinated people, especially students and nao robot allows them to explore programming, sensors, interaction with people and the environment and much more. The nao robots have some sophisticated aldebaran software of their own which provides basic processing of their sensor data like facial and object recognition and speech to text. Download the free white paper it doesnt matter if you are a software developer or a life sciences researcher, every one can program nao.