# Innovation

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Pepper plays ball-in-the-cup

Pepper plays ball-in-the-cup
We made Pepper the robot play games of skill with AI (Artificial Intelligence) at SBRE - SBRE AI Lab (Artificial Intelligence Laboratory) taught Pepper how to successfully throw a ball in a cup and a dart at the dartboard (they are exactly the same dynamic problem) using dexterity and a bit of dynamical systems theory. Here is the story of what it takes to match elementary games and robotics.
2019/03/12
Pepper plays ball-in-the-cup
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CARESSES: smart and friendly robots for the elderly

CARESSES: smart and friendly robots for the elderly
An international partnership where SBRE puts forward Pepper to answer user specific needs - How can technology support the worldwide issue of the ageing populations and the complexity of human connections? SBRE committed into the CARESSES program to integrate a system that plans the robot's actions according to a relevant cultural knowledge base.
2019/05/17
Pepper closeup
Pepper (NAOqi 2.5)
CARESSES: smart and friendly robots for the elderly