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Softbank Robotics (SBR) collaborators share their vision about robotics, AI, Machine Learning or creative content and animation among others hot technological and scientific topics.

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Pepper Core Animations

Pepper Core Animations
Special animation library you won't find in the android plug-in
2020/02/27
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Pepper Core Animations
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The ROBOTS exhibition, a productive collaboration

The ROBOTS exhibition, a productive collaboration
Meeting the SoftBank Robotics Project Manager - The Robots exhibition runs for 5 years starting from April 2, 2019 at the Cité des Sciences et de l’Industrie (Paris 19th arrondissement). The exhibition invites the visitor to ponder on their vision of robotics and to get acquainted with robotic science and industries. This exhibition shows real robots at work, how they operate, the state of research in the field and the concrete implications for our society. SBRE has co-conceived 3 pieces of the exhibition in collaboration with Universcience. Christophe DUPOUY, Project Manager, talks about his experience.
2020/02/27
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The ROBOTS exhibition, a productive collaboration
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Add an Android Studio icon on Ubuntu

Add an Android Studio icon on Ubuntu
How to add a desktop shortcut on Gnome 3 to launch Android Studio (Ubuntu 16.04) - This tip explains two ways to add a desktop icon to launch Android Studio from a Gnome 3 environment: activate or create icons on the desktop.
2019/11/12
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Add an Android Studio icon on Ubuntu
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Add Lottie animations to a Pepper QiSDK application

Add Lottie animations to a Pepper QiSDK application
Make your pepper app beautiful in 15 minutes - This article presents the steps to add a Lottie animation to your project. It takes 15 minutes to include it in your project: 4 files to modify, 1 dependency to add, 3 lines of code, 2 layout views, 2 files to upload. That’s it!
2019/11/12
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Pepper QiSDK
Add Lottie animations to a Pepper QiSDK application
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Pepper dialogue translator

Pepper dialogue translator
Making your Pepper a translation agent with the Watson Language Translator API - Wouldn’t it be great if your robot allowed you to talk to anyone who speaks a different language without needing the help of a third person to understand each other? Well, let’s make it real with the help of the Watson Language Translator API.
2019/11/12
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Pepper dialogue translator
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Pepper illuminates your home with IoT

Pepper illuminates your home with IoT
Controlling a Philips hue lamp with a simple robotic app - Light up your living room just by greeting Pepper when coming home thanks to IoT (Internet of Things). There is a large variety of connected objects such as lamps, boilers, presence sensors, radiators and much more you can try to connect to your Pepper. You could imagine Pepper being the interface to your home’s devices and control them.Let’s connect Pepper to a Philips Hue lamp in the first place.
2019/11/12
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Pepper QiSDK
Pepper illuminates your home with IoT
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Pepper Myo Control

Pepper Myo Control
Pilot your Pepper’s motion with a Myo armband - Make your Pepper move around with only a wave of the hand. Thanks to the Myo armband, a muscle sensor device and the qiSDK’s motion API, you can control your Pepper by hand gesture!
2019/11/12
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Pepper Myo Control