This year's CES show, so many new products make us dazzled. We have seen more and more manufacturers participating in the commercialization of autopilot technology, seeing slimmer, better-displayed TVs, and social bots that monitor your activities in a variety of ways as much as possible. Most of them are Designed for daily interaction with family members. A lot of people commented on our content. About CES 2017, they mentioned that these different, white social home robots all look like they are, and they are reminiscent of crowdfunding through the Indiegogo platform in 2014. Successful (collected a total of 3.7 million US dollars) robot: Jibo. 
So if you also notice this, we will try to compare the three new products of social home robots Kuri, Mykie and Hub with the ones that emerged in 2014 and find the answer to the question: Why are these social and home robots? The president is similar? White color, smooth surface, overall rounded design, big head and small body. One eye or pair of eyes, but no ears and mouth, no arms. A large number of similar design languages ​​can be said to represent almost the "final form" of the classification of social home robots. Then the question arises. Since these robots are all similar in appearance, and we can see the time back to 2014, Jibo is also the same, then how did they become like this now? “We designed a very simple, modern robot appearance that makes it look very friendly.†Nancy Dussault-Smith, marketing director at Jibo, told me yesterday, “You need to understand why people buy them (robots) first. Return home." The Jibo robot launched in 2014 This answer is the same as what the Mayfield robot companies Kaijen Hsiao (COO) and Sarah Osentoski (CTO) told me. Their company produced the Kuri robot. “People are very picky about products that are going to be kept at home every day,†Hsiao said. “We have a hard time creating the decorations that everyone likes. The closest choice to the general public is the minimalist style plus a simple white. And if you want to hide those sensors on the product, then naturally the panel will be set to black, so that the robot has a black part." The Kuri robot robot that just appeared at CES was designed to have a smooth surface and a rounded shape not only to please people's eyes (there are soft materials and well-balanced shapes), but also because it is safe to do so, especially if you Every day, it interacts with humans through touch. For example, the round head is the easiest to move up and down and it also hides the mechanical parts and electronic components. Among all family social robots, there is a specific ratio between the head and the body. Jibo's Dussault-Smith said that these are carefully considered. Jibo has a head bigger than the body because it is easy for people to think of cute babies or baby animals. For Kuri, another real situation is considered: The robot needs to have a certain height to ensure that it can see the home through its eye-mounted camera. In order to ensure stability, the size of the head must not be too large. Jibo and Kuri also have different starting points in the robot's "eye" design. "Our original intention was to have a small screen with eyes on it, but we did something crazy, like trying to hide the screen," said Kuri's Osentoski. "We thought about it very early if you wanted to have a pair of eyes on the screen, then when you showed it to see something, you broke the robot's face and the face was no longer a face." Hsiao then told me, "In the end, I said that if we want to show everyone a pair of eyes, why don't we make a pair of physical eyes?"
Another company does not think so. "Jibo robots have only one eye design above them is a good choice." Dussault-Smith said, "The two eyes look too real, it will give people incredible feelings, designing an eye can make people feel it is exchangeable." , but not so much because it feels like a threat to people." Moreover, Jibo itself has a display that can display a variety of information.
On the one hand, we must try to avoid robots being unintentionally anthropomorphized. On the other hand, we are still unable to create robots that fully satisfy expectations. This has become a driving force in the design of social robots. This is also an important source of "minimalism" design - as far as possible to avoid the owner's attributes, especially on the robot's face, but at the same time to allow users to feel that the robot can interact and communicate. So, the more you make a robot, it may not be a particularly good idea. So you can understand why people like robots for this reason, because these features make people feel comfortable. "White" can make robots suitable for various decorations. The surface is "smooth" and "round" to make people safer. The "Minimalist" style of the face can be more convenient for people to inspect and communicate. The round head is more conducive to overall construction. If Kuri, Mykie, Hub and Jibo are successful, we will see more robots with such features. And what I think about is not just how similar they are in appearance. What's more interesting than that is why they have a series of differences in appearance. These differences mean that they will interact with us through their different characteristics. Basically, Nicardo Dussault-Smith of Jibo pointed out one important piece of information, "The real difference between robots is internal." Even if all social robots are really all the same, they do different things in different aspects. . Maybe some of them will be more successful than others. Maybe they will eventually find their right place. Who knows? These robots have not yet entered the homes of ordinary people, so it may take some time before we can find the final answer to the question.
So if you also notice this, we will try to compare the three new products of social home robots Kuri, Mykie and Hub with the ones that emerged in 2014 and find the answer to the question: Why are these social and home robots? The president is similar? White color, smooth surface, overall rounded design, big head and small body. One eye or pair of eyes, but no ears and mouth, no arms. A large number of similar design languages ​​can be said to represent almost the "final form" of the classification of social home robots. Then the question arises. Since these robots are all similar in appearance, and we can see the time back to 2014, Jibo is also the same, then how did they become like this now? “We designed a very simple, modern robot appearance that makes it look very friendly.†Nancy Dussault-Smith, marketing director at Jibo, told me yesterday, “You need to understand why people buy them (robots) first. Return home."
The Jibo robot launched in 2014 This answer is the same as what the Mayfield robot companies Kaijen Hsiao (COO) and Sarah Osentoski (CTO) told me. Their company produced the Kuri robot. “People are very picky about products that are going to be kept at home every day,†Hsiao said. “We have a hard time creating the decorations that everyone likes. The closest choice to the general public is the minimalist style plus a simple white. And if you want to hide those sensors on the product, then naturally the panel will be set to black, so that the robot has a black part." The Kuri robot robot that just appeared at CES was designed to have a smooth surface and a rounded shape not only to please people's eyes (there are soft materials and well-balanced shapes), but also because it is safe to do so, especially if you Every day, it interacts with humans through touch. For example, the round head is the easiest to move up and down and it also hides the mechanical parts and electronic components. Among all family social robots, there is a specific ratio between the head and the body. Jibo's Dussault-Smith said that these are carefully considered. Jibo has a head bigger than the body because it is easy for people to think of cute babies or baby animals. For Kuri, another real situation is considered: The robot needs to have a certain height to ensure that it can see the home through its eye-mounted camera. In order to ensure stability, the size of the head must not be too large. Jibo and Kuri also have different starting points in the robot's "eye" design. "Our original intention was to have a small screen with eyes on it, but we did something crazy, like trying to hide the screen," said Kuri's Osentoski. "We thought about it very early if you wanted to have a pair of eyes on the screen, then when you showed it to see something, you broke the robot's face and the face was no longer a face." Hsiao then told me, "In the end, I said that if we want to show everyone a pair of eyes, why don't we make a pair of physical eyes?" Another company does not think so. "Jibo robots have only one eye design above them is a good choice." Dussault-Smith said, "The two eyes look too real, it will give people incredible feelings, designing an eye can make people feel it is exchangeable." , but not so much because it feels like a threat to people." Moreover, Jibo itself has a display that can display a variety of information.
On the one hand, we must try to avoid robots being unintentionally anthropomorphized. On the other hand, we are still unable to create robots that fully satisfy expectations. This has become a driving force in the design of social robots. This is also an important source of "minimalism" design - as far as possible to avoid the owner's attributes, especially on the robot's face, but at the same time to allow users to feel that the robot can interact and communicate. So, the more you make a robot, it may not be a particularly good idea. So you can understand why people like robots for this reason, because these features make people feel comfortable. "White" can make robots suitable for various decorations. The surface is "smooth" and "round" to make people safer. The "Minimalist" style of the face can be more convenient for people to inspect and communicate. The round head is more conducive to overall construction. If Kuri, Mykie, Hub and Jibo are successful, we will see more robots with such features. And what I think about is not just how similar they are in appearance. What's more interesting than that is why they have a series of differences in appearance. These differences mean that they will interact with us through their different characteristics. Basically, Nicardo Dussault-Smith of Jibo pointed out one important piece of information, "The real difference between robots is internal." Even if all social robots are really all the same, they do different things in different aspects. . Maybe some of them will be more successful than others. Maybe they will eventually find their right place. Who knows? These robots have not yet entered the homes of ordinary people, so it may take some time before we can find the final answer to the question.
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