[Sophia Humanoid Robot: When talking, I will measure the body temperature and pulse with the temperature measuring camera on my chest.
It is 36.6 degrees.] This
is the humanoid Sofia 24 produced by Hanson Robotics of Hong Kong.
Using materials similar to human skin and artificial intelligence, you can express more than 60 emotions and communicate with people.
[Sophia Humanoid Robot: Did you exercise in the morning?
Take a deep breath.
Social robots like me can help and care for sick and old people.
You can communicate, diagnose, and comfort even in difficult situations.]
Hanson Robotics has declared this year when demand surged due to Corona 19 as the first year of popularization of humanoid robots.
The plan is to automate the manual assembly process so that thousands of units can be mass-produced, and to diversify the types of robots.
[David Hansen/President of Hansen Robotics: These robots can provide human warmth by extending human expertise by remote control and keep people safe from danger.]
Robots are not only health services, but also retail stores suffering from COVID-19. It is also being used in the aviation industry.
[Hoon Hoon Yo/Professor of Social Robotics at Hong Kong Polytechnic University: Corona 19 will accelerate the popularization of robots.
There is no other way.
If humans can't get close, robots are the best alternative.]
Hanson Robotics will soon introduce a nursing robot called Grace in addition to Sophia.
SoftBank Robotics deployed a robotic pepper to check whether a mask was worn, and CloudMinds of China set up a robot field hospital in Wuhan.
The service robot market, which grew to USD 11.2 billion in 2019 and KRW 12 trillion in our money, is expected to accelerate further with Corona 19.