The best NON-HUMANOID SOCIAL ROBOTS:

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NON-HUMANOID SOCIAL ROBOTS:

1. PARO

Paro is a therapeutic baby seal robot, intended to be cute in order to have a calming effect on patients in hospitals and nursing homes.
Paro works in a similar way to animal-assisted therapy and has been found to calm people, especially with diseases such as dementia. But without the difficulties or risks associated with live animals!
Unique Features: Paro responds to petting and interaction by moving its tail and opening and closing its eyes. It can even actively seek out eye contact, respond to touch and cuddle with people.

2. BUDDY

Buddy has been developed by Blue Frog Robotics and is designed as a emotional companion robot to be used in the home. Buddy connects, interacts and even protects people in the home.
Unique Features: Buddy is designed to be your personal assistant, watch over your home while you’re away and even entertain children with games and other interactivities.

3. MIRO

Miro is based on the simple premise that animals have qualities that are desirable in today's social robots. As a consequence, this robot is robust, adaptable and good at communicating its feelings.
Unique Features: Miro represents history in the making because it is one of the world’s first robots that runs a brain-inspired biomimetic operating system. This means that Miro will act more like a pet that a robot.

4. ZENBO

Developed by Asus, Zenbo is designed as a home healthcare assistant. Zenbo will be priced at $600 however Asus did not announce when it would be available to consumers.
Unique Features: Zenbo is undoubtedly going to compete directly with Buddy. With the ability to control connected devices in the home, monitor security, perform various online tasks and interact with people, Zenbo may be more health care focused, but these two will certainly fight for market share.

5. AIBO

Originally developed in 1998 Aibo is Sony’s own robot dog. However, it has been recently redeveloped to be more advanced than ever!
Unique Features: Aibo has lifelike expressions and a dynamic array of movements. Its loveable behaviour brings warmth and delight to the everyday lives of its owners, with no fur to vacuum up!

6. PIAGGIO ‘GITA’ CARGO BOT

Piaggio's 'Gita' cargo bot is designed to be the helping hand that everyone needs. Gita is designed to help you carry your things, helping free up your hands in order to get on with what’s important.
Unique Features: It’s designed to match human levels of mobility so it should be able to go almost anywhere. As well as the ability to follow your movements Gita also has the ability to navigate autonomously in a mapped environment. This is certainly a robot worth keeping an eye on, it could one day revolutionise the humble shopping trolley.

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