Social RoboticsFurhat shows Arabic-speaking social robots with e& and Oracle at GITEX
The Swedish firm sees the UAE as a testing ground for conversational robots.
At GITEX Global 2024 in Dubai, Furhat Robotics showed conversational robots built with partners, including one running e&'s Noor AI that speaks more than 40 languages including Arabic dialects, and another linked to Oracle's cloud to answer product questions. Chief executive Samer Al Moubayed said social acceptance, rather than technology, is the major hurdle for robots that talk with people. He suggested the UAE is a good place to build that acceptance. It marks Furhat's push into Gulf markets for front-desk and customer-service roles.
Source: Fast Company Middle East
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