Ameca is a robot created by a British company – ENGINEERED ARTS. As you can see on the video above, it amazes with hyper-realistic facial expressions. It is being described as a world’s most advanced human shaped robot.
WHAT IS AMECA DESIGNED FOR?
Will Jackson, founder of Engineered Arts, said that “the reason for making a robot that looks like a person is to interact with people”. Ameca has a grey coloured skin with deliberately gender and race neutral characteristic. Although it can perfectly mimic the human’s reactions and moves, it cannot walk yet. The engineers from the team say that this ability is currently under research and we can expect it very soon. Ameca has been designed as a robot platform—customers who buy it can add AI and other software to give the robot desired abilities, which I think might be very promising for example as a use in a metaverse. Just imagine taking your metaverse character into a real world or sending a robot to a meeting across the world.
Will Jackson spoke to the press recently, telling them that the abilities of Ameca and the company’s prior robots are the result of over 15 years’ worth of research and development. He also said that the goal of the company has remained the same – to develop robots that are able to interact in human-like ways, with humans. As for now, Ameca is available for purchase or event rental through Engineered Arts website.
HOW THEY MADE AMECA SEEM SO REAL?
The appearance of the Ameca robot is based on 3D scans of real people. Thanks to that, they were able to imitate the human-like bone structure, skin surface and facial expression. Engineers also use high-precision sensors, cameras, depth sensors, LiDAR technology and microphones.
SOURCES:
https://smartme.pl/en/the-humanoid-robot-ameca-impresses-with-its-facial-expressions/
https://www.engineeredarts.co.uk/robot/ameca/
https://techxplore.com/news/2021-12-ameca-robot-human-like-facial.html
What a huge step towards the future! Its amazing to see how accurate the facial expressions are compared to humans. It has been astonishing to witness the development of AI over the years. With huge developments in the artificial intelligence and machine learning sector along with cutting down manual tasks, robots are becoming more and more advanced. The humanoid robot is apparently to be displayed at the CSE in 2022 and im excited to see how that will plan out.
It seems quite scary, but I still wish to see such robots used for instance as hotels staff.
Great post!
This is mind-blowing! How far we’ve come technologically as humanity