At Furhat Robotics, the mantra “Robots for All” resonates not just in our designs and innovations, but it’s a vibrant discussion in our lunch rooms, meeting rooms, and even the board room. This mantra has become a clear vision that guides us in our pursuit of inclusivity through technology. Let’s break it down.
Humanoid robots are more than mere tools; they become a mirror where our human ideals are reflected. The face of the robot matters. We recently updated the robot’s faces to better reflect the diversity of people. Now, the robot features a balanced variety of faces, differing in gender, age, skin colour, and realism levels, emphasising the importance of a robot’s appearance. We’ve also moved towards more stylised faces, which brought its own challenge of avoiding caricature-like faces. Admittedly, there is room for improvements, and adjustments to the faces are in the pipeline. But more excitingly, our soon-to-arrive character editor tool will put the power of the robots’ looks into the hands of creators.
We firmly believe that robots treating everyone fairly isn’t just a goal, it’s a must. The reality however, is that the capabilities of our robot is tied to the advancements and limitations of the third-party services we use. We’re only as good as the computer vision, speech recognition, and other models we rely on are. Help us keep up the pressure on the quality of these base models!
Robots for Every Creator
Robots for All is also about making robot programming something everyone can get involved in. Our platform isn’t just for engineers and tech wizards. We believe in putting the power of social robotics in the hands of those who know their needs best.
Like the story of nurse Lisa Armstrong, or the Librarian Amanda Stenberg. Meet Amanda and hear her story at the Furhat Conference.
