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Niro Max Roboti ya Huduma by Baidu Ai Cloud Hci Lab

Niro Max Roboti ya Huduma by Baidu Ai Cloud Hci Lab is a highly esteemed winner of the very prestigious 2020 Tuzo ya Dhahabu ya A' Design Award in Usanifu wa Roboti, Otomatoni na Otomesheni Competition Category.


DhahabuRoboti· 2020

Niro Max Roboti ya Huduma

by Baidu Ai Cloud Hci Lab

Client: Baidu

Tuzo ya Dhahabu ya A' Design Award Winner in Roboti Category

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The Design

About Niro Max Roboti ya Huduma

Niro Max ni roboti ya huduma iliyoundwa kwa ajili ya viwanja vya ndege. Utambuzi wa uso na mawasiliano kwa lugha asilia huiwezesha roboti hii kuwasaidia abiria katika usajili wa safari (check-in), kurejesha tiketi, taarifa za safari za ndege na maswali mengine. Teknolojia ya SLAM huiwezesha Niro Max kutembea kwa uhuru ndani ya jengo la abiria na kujichaji bila msaada wowote. Sehemu ya nyuma ina kifaa cha kufufua mapigo ya moyo (defibrillator) na kifaa cha huduma ya kwanza. Ganda lake limetengenezwa kwa PC na ABS zilizoundwa kwa njia ya uchomeleaji wa plastiki (injection moulding), na fremu ya ndani ya alumini na bati la chuma. Lengo ni kutoa huduma kwa hiari huku ikipunguza gharama za wafanyakazi.

The Recognition

About the Tuzo ya Dhahabu ya A' Design Award

Niro Max Roboti ya Huduma ni mshindi wa Tuzo ya Dhahabu ya A' Design Award, utambuzi wenye heshima kuu unaotolewa kwa miundo ya daraja la kwanza, ya ajabu na ya kuvutia. Washindi wa Dhahabu ni kazi bunifu mno, zenye maono makubwa na za kung'aa kwa umaridadi zinazoakisi kipaji, hekima na ustadi wa wabunifu wao. Niro Max Roboti ya Huduma inatarajiwa kuwa uvumbuzi unaosifiwa sana, wa kuweka mielekeo na wa kihistoria unaoleta thamani isiyo na kifani. Muundo huu ulioshinda Tuzo ya Dhahabu ya A' Design Award ni mradi wa kustaajabisha na unaoheshimika unaonufaisha sana na kupanua mipaka ya sanaa, sayansi, usanifu na teknolojia. Niro Max Roboti ya Huduma huzua hisia kali za hamu, huamsha shauku, huhimiza ubunifu na hutuvutia.

Behind the Design

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Credits, team members and technical details provided by the designer.

Unique Properties
NIRO-Max is an airport service robot can perform face recognition and natural language interaction. The SLAM technology enables it “walk” freely and charge itself autonomously to assist passengers with check-in, ticket return, flight info, and other inquiries while patrol airports. The back box of it is equipped with an AED and first aid kit. It can reach out to more passengers in need and proactively provide services with a less businesses system labor costs and a higher operational efficiency.
Dimensions & Packaging
530mm x 500mm x 1500mm
Tags
Artificial Intelligence, Mobile, Service, Robot, Robotic
Production Technology
The shell of NIRO Max is adopted with PC and ABS injection molding, and its internal skeleton is realized with aluminum and sheet metal processes. The case is secured with buckles and screws and multiple rounds of optimization have been done to achieve rapid disassembly of it. Max presents many Baidu AI technologies including the NLP, computer vision, cloud computing, and Easy Talk. The integration of ultrasonic, infrared wave sensors and SLAM technology provides a safe guarantee for the robot.
Design Challenge
Based on our research, proper mimic of human and cute appearance can enhance users' willingness to interact: Instead of using black screen, we applied a white light-transmitting material and displayed digital expressions through projection on the robot face. After rounds of optimization in the areas of acoustic and mechanical design for its structure, the final design has no screw on the surface achieved an easy assemble and disassemble reducing the difficulty and cost of its maintenance.
Research
Quantitative and qualitative, user interview, case study
Research content: user preferences of robot appearance, human-robot interaction in public, robot height, Uncanny Valley.
Key finding: lack of interaction willingness, unfriendly experience
Solution: arms increase users' perception of it being intelligent for higher willingness to interact, and eyes bring a more human like feeling.
Taller than users will pose a pressure to users and cute appearance increases users’ willingness to interact.
Inspiration
Baidu, the world's largest Chinese search engine company, also a technology company of artificial intelligence represented by robots like Max launched in business scenarios. Max is a perfect combination of high technology and supreme user experience. In 5G eras, compared to human services, service robots can assist passengers in need accurately and flexibly to provide proactive services with a less businesses system labor costs and a higher operational efficiency.
Project Duration
The project was launched in Beijing in January 2019 and officially released at the Baidu Yunzhi Summit in September 2019.
At present, hundreds of Taiwan-level cooperation agreements have been signed in the government affairs scenes such as China Customs and Vehicle Administration, and part of the delivery has been completed. In addition, there are a lot of cooperation in negotiation in airports and shopping malls.
Operation Flow
The recessed screen helps protect user privacy. The depth camera can find the user and calculate user's distance to adjust speaker volume accordingly for better privacy. Digital facial expressions increase the humanity of interacting with the robot.
Max can move, watch, listen, think and speak like a human. It can identify the main speaker in a group conversation under noisy airport environment. When a user touches it, touch sensors can sense user touch's position and direction to give feedback.
Team Members
Fan Yang
Shiyan Li
Daiyan Liu
Hongtao Zhang
Bingkang Luo
Zhun Wu
Shiyu Wu
Yanyan Sun
Xiaowen Cheng
Yang Li
Libo Zhi
Yuhong Zhai
Fangfei Li
Mingfa Zhu
Daisong Guan

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