LG is jetsons The era of smart home robots.in CES 2024 Monday, L.G. announced An AI smart home agent that acts as your very own “Rosie” in a futuristic comic book.
Rosie comes to mind. An AI agent is just smart because he is not a hub or an intangible thing. AI voice assistant. It's a small bipedal robot (an upgrade from Rosie's wonky unicycle) that actually walks around the house and helps with chores through LG's smart appliances.
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Introducing the walking, talking smart home hub.
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The housework bot is part of LG's „Zero Labor Home“ initiative built around interconnected smart home appliances. In LG's keynote on Monday, CEO William Cho said the company will use data collected from its products to develop artificial intelligence that understands and even predicts customer behavior and needs. He talked about how to train. It's no surprise that LG has put a big focus on AI and IoT.if 2023 was the year of ChatGPT And 2024 is shaping up to be the year that generative AI is applied to hardware, wearables, and robotics.
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Imagine this little guy reminding you to take your medicine.
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The AI agent works through LG's smart home platform ThinQ and connects to the company's lineup of smart home appliances, including washers/dryers, ovens, and refrigerators. The robot recognizes faces and users and relies on machine learning to understand context, so its responses and communications are tailored to individual members of the home. Generative AI uses large language models, so you can chat while folding laundry, for example.
But all of this can also be done with other smart home hubs on the market. What sets LG's AI agents apart from other agents is their mobility. The robot can act as a watchdog for your pet, patrolling your home for open windows and lights while you're away. It can also send alerts when you need to take medication or make an emergency call.
What's more, it's designed to greet you at the door when you get home, and can read your mood based on voice and facial analysis. Arguably the most her 60's robot housekeeper aspect of this device. In summary, what is old is new and science fiction has become reality. It seems like a perfect fit for CES 2024.