Cloud-based speech tech humanizes humanoid robot | Linux Today

Cloud-based speech tech humanizes humanoid robot

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Rick Lehrbaum
Nov 3, 2013

Aldebaran Robotics and Nuance Communications are teaming up to help Aldebaran’s pint-sized Nao humanoid robot interact better with its human companions — in 19 different languages. Nao, which runs a customized version of Gentoo Linux on its 1.6GHz Intel Atom Z530 brain, is touted as a programmable, interactive humanoid robot featuring motion, vision, tactile, and audio capabilities. All that, and it’s cute, too!

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Rick Lehrbaum

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