Weight-loss robot coach,Autom,with its creator,US engineer Cory Kidd,Kidd,a Ph.D. graduate from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT),USA,and founder of robotics company,Intuitive Automata. Autom is an interactive robot designed to advise and encourage users on their daily weight-loss regime. It has speech recognition sensors and cameras to detect the person. Users can talk directly to Autom or input their weight,diet and exercise data into the robot via the computer panel on the front. Autom responds with vocal encouragement. Experiments showed that robot users stayed on their weight-loss program nearly twice as long as dieters who used traditional computer programs or hand-written logs. Autom will be available for purchase in 2009 | |
Licence : | Droits gérés |
Crédit: | Science Photo Library / Ogden, Sam |
Taille de l’image : | 2960 px × 2960 px |
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