A Hong Kong robotics company says it plans to produce thousands of humanoid robots in 2021. Four different humanoid models will start leaving factories during the first half of the year. One of the four is a robot named Sophia, which has received worldwide attention in recent years for looking and speaking in a very human-like way.
The company’s CEO, David Hanson, said the COVID-19 pandemic has increased need for robots. “The world of COVID-19 is going to need more and more robots to keep people safe.”
The company says it plans to offer its humanoid robots as helpers in the medical field. For example, they can be used to take temperature or do physical exercises with older people. They use cameras to recognize human faces and activities. The robots are built with tools to help them develop themselves over time. These social robots can also help take care of the sick or elderly in many kinds of medical uses.
Hanson said he believes robotic solutions to the pandemic are very useful for healthcare. He said the company’s robots are so human-like. They could also serve the public in the supermarket or in the airline. “The humanoids can be so useful during these times when people are terribly lonely,” Hanson said.
Johan Hoorn is a social robotics expert. He said that although the technology is still developing, the pandemic could speed up relationships between robots and humans. “I am sure that the pandemic will actually help us get robots earlier in the market because people will start to realize that there is no other way,” Hoorn said.
In China, robotics company CloudMinds helped set up a robot-run field hospital for COVID-19 patients in Wuhan.
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