Nadine Social Robot
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Nadine is a gynoid humanoid social robot that is modelled on Professor Nadia Magnenat Thalmann.[1] The robot has a strong human-likeness with a natural-looking skin and hair and realistic hands. Nadine is a socially intelligent robot which returns a greeting, makes eye contact, and can remember all the conversations had with it. It is able to answer questions autonomously in several languages, simulate emotions both in gestures and facially, depending on the content of the interaction with the user.[2][3][4] Nadine can recognise persons it has previously seen, and engage in flowing conversation.[5][6][7] Nadine has been programmed with a "personality", in that its demeanour can change according to what is said to it.[8] Nadine has a total of 27 degrees of freedom for facial expressions and upper body movements. With persons it has previously encountered, it remembers facts and events related to each person.[9][10] It can assist people with special needs by reading stories, showing images, put on Skype sessions, send emails, and communicate with other members of the family.[11][12][13][14] It can play the role of a receptionist in an office or be dedicated to be a personal coach.[15][16]
Nadine interacted with more than 100,000 visitors at the ArtScience Museum in Singapore during the exhibition, "HUMAN+: The Future of our Species", that was held from May to October 2017.[17][18][19] Nadine has worked as a customer service agent in AIA Insurance Company in Singapore.[20][21][22] This is the first time in the world that a humanoid robot is used as a customer service agent.
Nadine is a next-generation humanoid robot that is a successor from Eva,[23] a humanoid robot head manufactured by Hanson Robotics in 2008. Eva's software platform was developed at MIRALab,[24] University of Geneva. Eva's head shows very realistic moods and emotions[25] and short term memory.[26][27] Eva has also performed in a play in the Roten Fabrik Theatre at Zurich.[28]
Nadine has been created in 2013 by Kokoro, Japan and has been modelled after Professor Nadia Magnenat Thalmann. Nadine has a head and full body with a natural appearance. Nadine software platform which has been developed at the Institute for Media Innovation in Singapore's Nanyang Technological University is able to show emotions, speak naturally, understand some gestures, and remember and retrieve facts during dialogue sessions.[29][30] Nadine also interacts with arm movements. Ongoing research provides the social robot with two articulated hands and natural grasping.[31][32][33][34] Nadine is also linked to all kinds of databases such as its personal dataset, Wikipedia, weather channels, and many others.