The trial period has begun. Josie Pepper started giving information to passengers, in a pilot phase, in Terminal 2
has
height 1,20 m., bright round eyes and
pleasant voice: For a few days now, the
humanoid robot “Josie
Pepper »
answers passengers' questions at
Port
2. If you need instructions for the portal
or are looking for a specific one
restaurant or shop - Josie
Pepper
gives immediate answers by looking
passengers in the eyes.
With
Josie's presentation
pepper,
Munich Airport and Lufthansa
they are entering a new era: it is the first
once tested humanoid
robots with artificial intelligence in German
airport. In the coming weeks, the
Josie
Pepper
will welcome travelers to non
Terminal public area
2 who jointly manage the
Munich Airport and Lufthansa.
Having already undertaken her first
tasks for the probationary period,
Josie
pepper,
who speaks English, waits for them
passengers at the end of the ramp leading
on the train that connects the main
terminal with Satellite
Terminal.
During this trial
phase will be assessed and whether the
travelers respond positively to
in the presence of Josie
Pepper.
Ο
"Brain" of Josie
Pepper
contains a high-performance processor
with WLAN access.
This connects to a
cloud service
where it is processed and interpreted
of oral speech and then
linked to airport data.
What makes this system special
is the fact that this type of robot
does not respond with predefined texts.
With his ability to learn, he answers
to each question separately. Just like
a "real brain", the system
is steadily improving by combining them
questions asked to him with
relevant information from the database
airport data in order to
provides more accurate answers.
The
Josie's potential
Pepper
rely on artificial technologies
IBM intelligence
Watson
Internet
of
Things
(IoT)
in the cloud.
The
Pepper robot
created by the French company SoftBank
Robotics
and when he arrived at his airport
Munich, airport staff
and Lufthansa
gave him the female name "Josie".
Source: News247