Currently, the humanoid robot closest to humans is the Atlas of Boston Dynamics for its athletic performance. However, Atlas is not developed for communication purposes, so there is no face to express.
Here is a robot with a moderately charming face and a mechanical body. ROBOY is the main character. Robots like furhat have a projector inside their face, and through it, they create facial expressions. Roboy also makes facial expressions in the same way. But the body is a little different. The lower back is in the shape of a three-wheeled vehicle, so you can feel uncomfortable. This robot is for selling ice cream. To this end, various sensors are built in from hand to arm. Inside, there are 20 servo motors built in, and the degrees of freedom are 20 in the hand, 2 wrists, 2 elbows, and 3 shoulders. By driving them all at the same time, it acts as an ice cream mobile shop.
The dialogue system is equipped with natural language processing, in-depth learning about unknown situations, and the ability to remember, so there is no problem when re-exchanging with customers when selling products. Ice cream is designed to sell for 1 euro and make money. You can also buy something like PayPal or with coins. It may be the world’s first autonomous robot that earns maintenance costs by itself.
In the future, it is also planning a system (Roboy Exoforce) that connects humans with tactile feedback and virtual reality goggles to 5G to remotely control Roboy. It still takes time to complete, but it is expected to be expected. Related information can be found here .