Bandai Co., Ltd Signs Agreement with Evolution Robotics to Develop New Personal Robot Product.Business Editors/High-Tech Writers 2003 International CES LAS VEGAS--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Jan. 8, 2003 Evolution Robotics(TM) Inc. announced today that Bandai Co., Ltd (Tokyo Stock Exchange Tokyo Stock Exchange Main stock market of Japan, located in Tokyo. It opened in 1878 to provide a market for the trading of government bonds newly issued to former samurai. : 7967.T), has chosen to license the Evolution Robotics Software Platform ("ERSP ERSP Electronic Retailing Self-Regulation Program ERSP Ente Regulador de los Servicios Públicos ERSP Evolution Robotics Software Platform ERSP Espace Régional de Santé Publique ERSP Eesti Rahvusliku Sõltumatuse Partei ERSP Edinburgh Ras Shamra Project (TM)") to develop a new personal robot Like the Personal Computer, the Personal Robot is one that will change the use of robots from being large, expensive, and hard to use, to being small, inexpensive, and easy to use. product modeled on the popular Doraemon character. The third largest toy company in the world, Bandai is the pioneer behind well known character toys, such as Power Rangers This article lists fictional characters from the Power Rangers universe who have served as Power Rangers. Unlike the List of Power Rangers characters, which lists serving Power Rangers alphabetically alongside other characters from the same fictional universe, this article lists only , Tamagotchi Tamagotchi [Japanese; cute little egg] space-age cyberpet; a solely electronic state; indigenous to Japan, appearing as an egg on a liquid-crystal screen. Life history, consisting of hatching, feeding, beeping when not fed, sleeping in 12 hour snatches, growing, dying , Gundam and Digimon, and who brings those characters' worlds to life further through apparel, confectioneries, video game software, network content, amusement equipment , and other life-style products. One of Bandai's latest initiatives is focused on the creation of a new personal robot, built around the already successful Bandai character, Doraemon, a cat-like robot which will be developed by 2005 and targeted as an entertainment and educational Personal Robot at families in Japan and Asia. The ERSP was chosen by Bandai to accelerate the development of the Doraemon personal robot, significantly reducing its lead-time to market and infusing it with advanced robotics functionality that will allow the personal robot to play together with children. The ERSP's distinctive navigation and vision capabilities, coupled with its rich infrastructure, allow the real-time decision-making and control of autonomous robots Autonomous robots are robots which can perform desired tasks in unstructured environments without continuous human guidance. Many kinds of robots have some degree of autonomy. Different robots can be autonomous in different ways. like Bandai's. The partnership with Bandai underscores Evolution Robotics long-term vision of a personal robot in every home, by helping manufacturers to introduce robotic technologies into new and existing products and successfully launch them into the marketplace. The software architecture behind the ERSP is an extensible open platform enabling the seamless integration An addition of a new application, routine or device that works smoothly with the existing system. It implies that the new feature or program can be installed and used without problems. Contrast with "transparent," which implies that there is no discernible change after installation. of software, hardware and complex applications that can make possible highly functional personal robots. The platform's core software modules consist of a number of key technologies that eliminate the need for high-cost hardware and offer increased value to the manufacturer. This combined solution enables the development of affordable, yet advanced robotics products. The software modules include autonomous and safe navigation, visual object recognition, human-robot interaction using speech and gesture, and robot emotions and personality, which enable rich robotic applications to be used in the areas of child education, entertainment, communication, home security and personal assistance. The ERSP is accompanied by a comprehensive set of software development tools, including various APIs, toolboxes, and tutorials that allow developers to create enhanced robotic capabilities quickly and easily. Evolution Robotics also offers expertise spanning the entire robotics product lifecycle Product lifecycle or product life cycle is the course of a product's sales and profits over time. The five stages of each product lifecycle are product development, introduction, growth, maturity and decline. , providing a full range of professional services (job) professional services - A department of a supplier providing consultancy and programming manpower for the supplier's products. to help OEMs design, develop and bring state-of-the-art personal robots and robotic technologies to market. While plans for the Doraemon personal robot are still being developed, Bandai will be positioning it as an educational companion that entertains children while helping them learn. The personal robot will act as a hub of information that is responsive to its environment and interacts with family members. "Part of our philosophy at Bandai is to maximize the value of our most popular branded characters and since robotics is extremely popular here in Japan, we decided to build a robotic version of Doraemon, and introduce it to younger children as an educational toy An educational toy is a toy designed to teach people, typically children, about a certain subject or help them learn a skill as they play. Examples include:
"This partnership is an important benchmark for Evolution Robotics. As our first major OEM (Original Equipment Manufacturer) The rebranding of equipment and selling it. The term initially referred to the company that made the products (the "original" manufacturer), but eventually became widely used to refer to the organization that buys the products and partnership we are looking forward to embedding 1. (mathematics) embedding - One instance of some mathematical object contained with in another instance, e.g. a group which is a subgroup. 2. (theory) embedding - (domain theory) A complete partial order F in [X -> Y] is an embedding if our technology into Bandai's product and hope this marks the first step to seeing the ERSP become standard building blocks to a whole host of new robotic products and applications", added Bernard Louvat, CEO (1) (Chief Executive Officer) The highest individual in command of an organization. Typically the president of the company, the CEO reports to the Chairman of the Board. of Evolution Robotics. About Evolution Robotics Evolution Robotics(TM), www.evolution.com, develops and licenses state-of-the-art robotics software technologies and applications that assist manufacturers in bringing robotics products to market. The Evolution Robotics Software Platform or ERSP(TM) includes a state-of-the-art robotics software architecture, application development tools and core robotic functionality modules such as object recognition, visual navigation, speech recognition, and human-robot interaction. In January 2003, Evolution Robotics introduced a new multi-purpose personal robot built entirely using the ERSP that demonstrates the extent of the software platform's capabilities. The company also makes its technologies available to the developer community through the ER1(TM), a programmable robot kit A robot kit is a special construction kit for building robots, especially autonomous mobile robots. Toy robot kits are also supplied by several companies. They are mostly made of plastics elements like Lego Mindstorms and the Robotis Bioloid, or aluminium elements like that can be purchased on the Evolution Robotics website and at leading technology retailers. Evolution Robotics mission is to accelerate the personal robot industry and help spur the creation of a variety of highly functional personal robot products that will become indispensable in our daily lives, at home and at work. |
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