Japanese large toy manufacturers launch pro-people chat robot

According to "Nihon Keizai Shimbun" reported on June 8, Takara Tomy, a large Japanese toy manufacturer, announced on June 4 that it has jointly developed a small robot "OHaNAS" with Japanese mobile communication operator NTT DOCOMO. The robot can communicate naturally with people. For example, you can chat casually according to the latest topics on the Internet, or you can answer questions such as recipes that the user asks after querying. The price does not include tax of 19,800 yen (about 990 yuan) and will be available in October. In the situation of Japan's growing childpower, the company has used dialogue robots that adults will like as a breakthrough in expanding the customer base.

Takara Tomy, a large Japanese toy maker, announced on June 4 that it has jointly developed a small robot "OHaNAS" with Japanese mobile communication operator NTT DOCOMO.

After downloading the application software provided by Dome through the smartphone and tablet terminal, the user connects it to DOCOMO's cloud technology language processing system. The OHaNAS can be connected to a smart phone or the like via a short-range wireless network.

OHaNAS analyzes the speaker's intentions and logic and conducts dialogue. For example, when the other party says "washing clothes," OHANAS will search for information on the Internet, and then answer answers such as "It's raining tomorrow, it's best not to wash."

At present, OHANAS's sales target is 100,000 units a year, but Harold George Meij, vice president and chief operating officer of Dome, said, "If you can support foreign languages, the demand will be infinite." It is planned to launch an English-speaking OHANAS within one year.

Softbank will also be available in the summer to talk to the humanoid robot "Pepper", the price is not included in the tax of 198,000 yen (unit price). Although OHaNAS can't use gestures like Pepper, and it can speculate on the emotions after reading the expression through image recognition function, but the price is close to the people, and can be placed on the desktop at will, which is "easy to use".