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Empathetic Tech in Motion: Redefining Human-Centered AI
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00:00Hi, good morning. Welcome back if I've already seen you. How are you doing? Good?
00:08You are at the discovery stage, the place of discovery, of learning.
00:16And the next 30 minutes are two solutions, startups, with very much human-centered tech, a device and a robot.
00:27So let's get started. The first company goes by the name of Ashiraz, and it is a device to help
00:38people with visual impairment and to guide them with intuitive vibration, and there's no vision or sound which is needed.
00:48So here to tell you more, I'd like to welcome to the stage Ryohei from Ashiraz.
00:55Come.
01:02You're good.
01:20On t'es avec un...
01:28Thank you all for coming. We are Ashiraz from Japan.
01:36We are creating a new world of mobility, a brand new navigational device for the visually impaired.
01:44Ashiraz is the first startup spawn out of Honda.
01:51Today, I'm here to find a partner to expand our product to the world.
02:00Visually impaired, you've seen them walking with a cane or guide dog in the city, but have you ever thought
02:10how challenging for them to go out alone?
02:18We empower them to be freedom of going out anytime, anywhere.
02:30We empower them to be freedom of going out anytime, anywhere.
02:46So imagine, you are on your way from, but suddenly, your vision is like this.
02:55Or perhaps like this.
02:58Every step became a very careful task to avoid danger, relying on all your senses, listening carefully, using a cane
03:09to search obstacles, and search ground.
03:16Yes, this is a daily reality for visually impaired people.
03:23So, we free them from one of the big tasks, checking the road.
03:33So, look at my shoes.
03:35This is Ashiraz, the world's first issue vibration device.
03:43By providing intuitive guidance, no need to check the road, checking on smartphone's map, or block your ears with navigation
03:55sounds.
03:58So, you can focus on the very important task, staying safe and walk with confidence.
04:09The usage is very simple, put on your daily shoes, attach device, set destination in the app, and the vibration
04:22will start.
04:26You just follow the vibration as you walk.
04:29No need to hold your smartphone.
04:36Our device consists of issue type device and smartphone's app.
04:50So, device includes not only the vibration motor for navigation, but also a barrier sensor to detect the foot movement.
05:02or a walking direction.
05:04It connects to the smartphone's app via Bluetooth for real-time communication.
05:14Our product is built on three key technology areas.
05:20Device user interface, high precision positioning, and flexible route generation.
05:33Our goal is not just to guide us.
05:38It's to enhance the cognitive abilities of visually impaired people, empowering Zen, independence, and confidence.
05:52So, our in-shoe type device is designed by, how you can say, ergonomically optimized interface.
06:02It's extremely compact and lightweight, so comfortable that the user often forget wearing it.
06:13And delivering gentle vibration, it provides intuitive and clear guidance.
06:25It's also high water-resistant and durable, relying on even heavy rain.
06:35So, to provide accurate location information, we utilize not only the smartphone's location data, but also the similar sensor from
06:49Astridis device.
06:50For many of our users are enabled to perceive the spatial information visually.
07:00So, the location, accuracy of location data during navigation is extremely important.
07:08By integrating the sensor data with smartphone's location data through AI-based data fusion, we can estimate the location positioning
07:22during navigation in extremely high accuracy.
07:30By recording the location during navigation, we can log the routes that users find easy to walk.
07:44The routes are integrated in the map database through AI-based map matching,
07:52allowing us to accumulate variable walking history.
08:01By using walking history data, we developed appropriately route generation algorithms.
08:13In this example, purple line shows shortest route.
08:22While blue line is a little longer but simpler route, many of our users prefer blue one.
08:33Working with confidence and peace of mind matters more than simply minimizing the route.
08:44Our device also includes a variety of features to help users.
08:51Among them, two of the most popular are AI image recognition, which helps interpret environmental surroundings.
09:01And AI recommends search, which uses generative AI to suggest useful or interesting nearby place.
09:18This September, we will expand our device overseas, starting with Europa.
09:31So, we already testing in Europa, hear from users.
09:43Could you have sounds?
09:50I always found my way to understand, like to re-route myself and guide myself around.
09:58I think it's a life-changing device, for me at least.
10:05Thank you.
10:07Using Associates.
10:07Well, in fact, we are getting the same reaction as in Japan.
10:12So, we believe we can bring our products to the world.
10:20Root generation for outside areas.
10:23We can create accessible navigation in like a SIM pak.
10:33As a part of the growth strategy, we plan to bring the device sales into a new business such as
10:46cross-selling, map servicing, or a tourism business.
10:57So I'm looking for a partner to help expand our world's new device, whether you are a provider or a
11:06wearable device related technologies, providers of map related technology for inside, indoor, or outside, distributors, agents, or investors, we would
11:18love to connect with you.
11:22Let's work together to bring this smart, inclusive mobility to the world.
11:33Last, I'll end with users' words.
11:36The more places I can go, the more I can truly be myself.
11:41Thank you for listening.
11:44Thank you very much.
11:45And I apologize, I mispronounced the company.
11:47The company is called again?
11:48Ashirase.
11:49Ashirase.
11:50Okay.
11:51And where can we find you?
11:53Where can we find your stand?
11:55Where can we find your booth?
11:57Yes.
11:58But where?
11:59In the AI Avenue.
12:01In the AI Avenue.
12:03Okay, great.
12:03So come over, have a look, and maybe they can try it.
12:05Yeah?
12:05Yeah.
12:06Thank you very much.
12:07Thank you very much.
12:07Ashirase.
12:10Thank you.
12:10Very good, very good.
12:11All right.
12:12Let's move on to our second solution.
12:14These guys go to go by the name of Blue Frog Robotics, and they're going to showcase a very small
12:22robot, which is looking to care for people who are on their own, or perhaps vulnerable.
12:32Very interesting project.
12:33Here to tell you more are Rudolf and Mark from Blue Frog Robotics.
12:43With Buddy.
13:06Thank you.
13:08My name is Rodol Fassel-Vander and I'm the founder of Blue Frog Robotics and I will show you how
13:14physical AI can change the life of millions of people and just before a few words about Blue Frog Robotics,
13:23so today we are a key player in social robotics in Europe, we have already deployed more than thousands of
13:30robots, mainly through specific verticals with strong social impact because we address
13:38education, health and autism, elder care, I will explain that later. And we do, we create emotional robots, we create
13:49robots for good that helps and assist humans in their daily life with the vision that tomorrow everyone will live
13:59with their personal robots, they will be as essential than our smartphone today and we want to become a leader
14:05of this revolution
14:07and so our strategy starts by verticals for professional and after become global and to deploy a robot for consumer.
14:21So, a few examples of what we can address with Buddy today. So I said we address education, so we
14:29deploy our robots in school to help children for coding, to learn new languages,
14:37and also to assist teachers and also to assist teachers with very easy to use no-code platform so they
14:46can create their own content, interactive content with AI with the robot and I have a video which will be
14:54more interesting.
14:57So, Buddy can be programmed by young children from 3-4 years old with very easy to use application. We
15:07also use the telepresence, I will show you after how it works, but do you know telepresence? It's the capability
15:13to control robot at distance. So we use that to help children who are in hospital for a long period.
15:20So we provide them a tablet and they can control robot and they can control robot and the robot is
15:27in the classroom like an avatar. So they can pursue the study, they can talk to their classmates with the
15:34teachers like they were there. So it's very interesting to keep the link with the class.
15:42We also use the robot for children with autism. Now this is the use case I said. So you can
15:49see the children in the face of the robot, I can say. It can interact with the classroom like it
15:56was there. So it's very, very, very good because thanks to that they can continue and it could be like
16:03they were in the classroom.
16:05And then the other classmates take the robot like their friend. So we have deployed this robot in every academy
16:16in France. And we do the same today in Spain, in Belgium, in Italia, we will do the same thing
16:23in UK.
16:26We also use this robot for children with autism because there is a specific link between autistic kid and robot
16:35because it's more easy for her to interact for them to interact with robots, especially when a robot is like
16:42Buddy, so cute.
16:44So it's really easy for them to interact. And thanks to that, we can improve their capability to interact with
16:50the robot and with humans after. And we have many applications to help them to learn mathematics or this kind
16:58of thing or routine to help them in their daily life.
17:02And as you can see, it's amazing to see the smile of these children and their family when they use
17:10Buddy.
17:12And we address also elder care. So the idea is to provide a real companion to fight against isolation of
17:21this senior. So the robot can be, as I said, a good companion.
17:28And you can discuss with the robot because we integrate generative AI in everybody, like ChatGPT, Mistral AI, Cloud AI.
17:37And so you can have a friend for these people and so they can talk with the robot.
17:43You can also detect if there is some problem and send some notification to the family or to tele-assistance.
17:53And we can also use the tele-presence application to do DOP removal. So if you can't reach your grandmother,
18:00you can use your smartphone from everywhere in the world and be connected to your grandmother through the robot.
18:08And you can control the robot at distance to check in the house if everything is OK or not.
18:13So it's very interesting. And we can do the same thing for a visual consultation with a doctor.
18:19You can see a short video about that.
18:24So it's very interesting because sometimes we said our elder people don't like technology.
18:28But when they see Buddy, they don't see technology. They see a companion.
18:33So it's very different. And when they understand that they can caress a robot, we start to create this specific
18:42link because it's our region.
18:45When I created the company, I really wanted to create this empathic link between human and machine because we think
18:53it's the key for mass adoption of robots.
18:59So as I said, you can see an example with a doctor. We can discuss with this man.
19:14And the last thing we address, the last market, is hospitality. The idea is to have a robot able to
19:20answer to all kinds of questions.
19:21One more time, thanks to ChatGPT and other generative AI, we can have a real receptionist able to answer 24
19:29-7 everywhere.
19:32It could be in a hotel, in a bank or in a welcome desk of a big company.
19:38It's very, very useful and already deployed. As I said, as an example, it's in a big hotel group in
19:45Scandinavia.
19:46And they deployed Buddy in all their hotels to give information to their clients.
19:52You can also ask to talk to a real human. And so, thanks to the telepresence, you can have a
19:59real human in the robot.
20:01Thank you.
20:03And very, very interesting for all kinds of welcoming hospitality needs.
20:10And just a few words about Buddy. So as I said, it's an emotional robot. When I said that, it's
20:15because he can express his emotion.
20:18So with this face, so he could be happy. Or if I'm not, yeah, not very happy, because he don't
20:27like when I touch his eyes.
20:29And he has his own behavior. So it's very important to create this link, as I said.
20:36We have different cameras on the robot. We can detect people and recognize people.
20:42You can analyze the environment also. We have different sensors there to detect obstacles or maybe to detect void.
20:53If I ask Buddy something, I will try something. Press your finger, please.
20:57Move forward.
21:00Maybe you will understand or not. I will try something.
21:08Wow. So demo effect would go. So we can detect a void, so it won't fall.
21:15And we can add some accessories. If you can, you can remove that and add some accessories like arms or
21:24anything you want.
21:26Because what is interesting with Buddy, it's because it's an open platform. So we provide our own application and services.
21:34But you can develop your own one, your functionality. You can integrate your own Gen.AI or anything you want.
21:42We provide computer vision, but you can use your one. So it's totally open and you can create everything you
21:48want.
21:51We have two more. The robot companion, I can talk to him and he will react like a pet, something
21:57like that.
21:58But we have also, like a smartphone, different kind of application. So you can download the application you want.
22:06And if you develop your own application, you can sell your application on the robot with BlueFrog Robotics.
22:16And it's an Android-based robot. So it's really easy to create your own application, like you can do it
22:22with a smartphone.
22:27So, I will try, but I'm not sure. Someone want to test something with Buddy? Is there a volunteer somewhere?
22:36Ah, ça marche pas. Ok, so. So, what?
22:40Otherwise, I can ask you questions if you like.
22:43Yes, because we wanted to do a demonstration, but it works or it doesn't work?
22:47No. Ah, ok. Ok, so if you have some questions, please.
22:53Question from the audience?
22:56Oh. Who are already...
22:58I have a question, I have a question.
23:00Ah, you have questions?
23:00Yeah, yeah, yeah. Don't worry, don't worry.
23:02So, alright. So, this is the 8th year I've been presenting here. I've seen a lot of robots come and
23:08go. Ok, a lot of robots with similar kind of applications.
23:14What makes this particular robot special for you? Compared to your competition, what makes this robot special?
23:21So, today we are one of the most advanced companies in the world because we have already deployed thousands of
23:27robots and I agree with you, we saw many similar robots, but most of the time it's just some prototype
23:34or something like that.
23:36But Buddy is real. You can buy Buddy today. Good question. You ask the price.
23:43Basically, that can be one thing because that's obviously something you can have over your competitors, right?
23:49Yeah, yeah. So, it's an emotional robot. We don't know any other robots with this firm factor, with this design,
23:57able to interact and to embed all this AI, computer vision, generative AI for natural discussion at this price because
24:06the price is €2,500.
24:082,500, ok. So, very accessible.
24:13For sure. Alright. And this can be purchased for any of the uses that you presented earlier. So, you were
24:24talking about retirement homes for places where you have autistic learning. Are there any other applications that are working well
24:35for this robot?
24:36Yes, but other applications you said or this one?
24:39Other applications? Other applications for this robot?
24:41We try to work with seniors with Alzheimer's.
24:45Ok, yes.
24:46Because another one more time with generative AI you can have this discussion and you can integrate in the robot
24:53the biography of your grandmother as an example and you will be able to ask some questions to remind or
25:02just to answer.
25:03I'm sorry buddy, who is Michael? I'm sorry, Michael is your son. Ok, thank you.
25:08Very good, ok. So, basically a good entry price and a lot of different uses and applications. Sounds very, very
25:15good. Where can we find you in the event to find out more? Where are you based?
25:21We are on the impact bridge between the two holes. So, don't hesitate to come to see. We have many
25:28robots on our booths and we are looking for partners who want to integrate Buddy in their services to improve
25:35their services and provide other kind of new innovative services for their clients. So, don't hesitate to contact us.
25:42We have to stop. So, ladies and gentlemen, Rudolph from Blue Frog Robotics and Buddy.
25:50Thank you very much.
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