Social RoboticsEnchanted Tools shows expressive Miroki and Miroka robots at CES
A Paris start-up led by a co-creator of Nao and Pepper demonstrated character-styled mobile robots meant for hospitals, care homes and hotels.
Enchanted Tools, founded in 2021 and led by former Aldebaran executive Jérôme Monceaux, brought its Miroki and Miroka robots to CES 2023. The pair have animated, cat-like faces and pointed ears designed to make them appealing to people, and they roll on a ball-shaped base while carrying and delivering items. The company said it had raised 17 million dollars in seed funding and was testing at several sites, with a Paris hospital lined up as an early public user. The project signalled a renewed European push to pair practical service tasks with deliberately charming, people-facing design.
Source: Robotics 24/7
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