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Chatbots

Chatbots
and the uncanny valley of linguistics - Are you interested in chatbots? If so, you are probably familiar with the challenging topic of vocal interaction... As a SoftBank Robotics linguist working on the subject with our robots, I attended a linguistics conference to check the state of the art on this issue. Here’s what I learned there!
2020/02/27
Chatbots
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Pepper at WeAreDevelopers 2019

Pepper at WeAreDevelopers 2019
SoftBank Robotics Europe was present at the “We Are Developers” conference in Berlin last week!
2019/11/12
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Pepper QiSDK
Pepper at WeAreDevelopers 2019
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Intention actions, the useful contextual help in Android Studio

Intention actions, the useful contextual help in Android Studio
How to use the contextual shortcut Alt+Enter or Option+Enter - Among many keyboard shortcuts, Android Studio provides a very useful context aware shortcut to manage intention actions: Alt+Enter (non Mac world) or Option+Enter (Mac world)
2020/05/26
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Pepper QiSDK
Intention actions, the useful contextual help in Android Studio
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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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Pepper QiSDK
Add an Android Studio icon on Ubuntu
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Add an Android Studio shortcut to the app launcher on Ubuntu

Add an Android Studio shortcut to the app launcher on Ubuntu
How to add a launcher shortcut on Gnome 3 to launch Android Studio (Ubuntu 16.04) - This tip explains how to add a shortcut to the app launcher to launch Android Studio on Ubuntu.
2020/10/20
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Pepper QiSDK
Add an Android Studio shortcut to the app launcher on Ubuntu
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Let’s make Pepper and NAO speak a second language

Let’s make Pepper and NAO speak a second language
How to install a language package and get speech recognition in new languages - As international talking robots, Pepper and NAO can access many languages for speech recognition, and its management is quite easy. This quick how-to explains how to set up new languages installing a language pack in a few simple steps.
2020/09/30
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Pepper QiSDK
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Pepper (NAOqi 2.5)
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NAO⁶
Let’s make Pepper and NAO speak a second language
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How to migrate a project to AndroidX

How to migrate a project to AndroidX
Refactoring your code to use AndroidX Jetpack made easy - Using AndroidX is highly recommended: Pepper applications and libraries developed at SoftBank Robotics use it, and Google announced it as the new standard. Here you will learn how to migrate a project to AndroidX using the "Refactor > Migrate to AndroidX" menu in Android Studio. In most cases, it will do the trick without any more hassle. Still, you should take the time to read the prerequisites and infos in this blog article, as following the recommended steps will make activating Jetpack and migrating from Support Library to AndroidX easier.
2020/12/31
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Pepper QiSDK
How to migrate a project to AndroidX