Sony, ANA to jointly develop remotely controlled avatar robots english.kyodonews.net

KYODO NEWS - 43 minutes ago - 12:33 | All, JapanSony Corp. and airline ANA Holdings Inc. said Monday they have agreed to work together to develop remotely controlled avatar robots.
Under the basic agreement, Sony AI Inc. will provide its artificial intelligence, robotics and sensing technologies to avatarin Inc. of the ANA group, a developer of stick-shaped avatar robots that can be controlled remotely by computers.
ANA has developed a mobile avatar robot with a tablet-sized monitor on top of its body that displays the controller's facial expressions in real time.
ANA has said it is developing its avatar technology to offer new services such as keeping in touch with aging parents living far away or having cabin attendants give lectures remotely.
Sony, a major manufacturer of image sensors used in smartphones, markets an AI-powered Aibo robot dog equipped with cameras and a range of sensors that enables its owner to remotely monitor children and the elderly at home.