A robot capable of understanding human emotions has been created

The Dhaka Times Desk Japanese technology giant SoftBank has developed a new robot that it claims can understand human emotions. Because this robot uses emotional engine and is able to express emotions through cloud based artificial intelligence.

The robot, named Pepper, is one meter tall and has a tablet computer mounted on its chest. Pepper is set to go on sale to the public next year, priced at 198,000 yen or £1,150. Its makers claim the robot can be used for babysitting and caring for the elderly. Masayoshi, the CEO of Softbank Company, said about the creation of this robot, people tell each other that robots have no emotions and they have no such thing as a heart. But we are the first in human history to implant a heart in a robot. Pepper is capable of continuously receiving human interaction. This robot experience will come through its cloud-based artificial intelligence where it is able to experience human qualities. It has full humanoid arms and its body is mounted on a wheel-like rotating structure.

Japan has been able to establish the world's largest robot market since 2012, with an estimated asset value of 860 billion yen or 5 billion pounds. Japan hopes to grow this market to 2.85 trillion yen by 2020. Because Japan's birth rate is decreasing day by day, they will need more workers and they will have to rely on robots.

Reference:Independent