This is a follow up post to my previous post about Nao and gpt integration. To recap: I previously had two code projects - a Java project that connected to Nao and ran the text to speech and conversation routine on the robot, and a python project which ran a server which essentially wraps gpt.... Continue Reading →
This is a mini paper I wrote with my teammates while attending the Applied Social Robotics summer school at the Hogeschool Utrecht. Our hypothesis was about storytelling, but with and without enhancements like sound effects, gestures and questions. We then ran both versions of the storytelling experience with some participants from the university and reported... Continue Reading →
Our Aldebaran Nao robot has recently had some issues. Since we are about 6 years out of warranty, and the alternative was an expensive paperweight, we've had to fix all problems ourselves. See the post on how we repaired Nao's Battery Pack for the previous fix we did on Nao. Many years ago, when Nao was... Continue Reading →
Since ChatGPT's release, I've been inspired to combine this incredible chatbot technology with a robot to see what additional value could be created with robotic embodiment. We have an Aldebaran Nao and an Anki Vector social robot - I decided to try Nao first because I had a working API project for for it, and... Continue Reading →
Meet Pepper, the robot receptionist at work at Decos in the Netherlands
European Robotics Week 2016 - robot ethics, robots in care and the future of robotics
Lately, I've been experimenting with integrating an Aldebaran Nao robot with an artificial intelligence API. While writing my previous blog post on artificial intelligence APIs, I realised there were way too many API options out there to try out casually. I did want to start getting some hands-on experience with the API's myself, so I had to find a... Continue Reading →
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