Unique products with advanced technologies such as AI and robots Robot that puts finished dishes in the dishwasher Bluetooth speaker powered by showerhead water pressure Cat companion robot that understands human emotions and acts Even a smart toilet that analyzes health and diseases through feces
The Samsung Bot handyman is picking up a plate and putting it in the dishwasher. / Samsung Electronics YouTube capture
Is it just the future that the robot organizes the dishes and does the dishes? Also, if the toilet that I use every day becomes my doctor.
CES 2021, the world’s largest information technology (IT) and home appliance exhibition, ended on the 14th (local time). This year’s CES was held online for the first time in the history of 54 years due to a novel coronavirus infection (Corona 19), but a unique new technology attracted the attention of’LAN Line’ visitors.
Samsung Electronics”Samsung Bot Handy’ (hereinafter referred to as Handy) attracted attention as a technology that brought home robots seen in Sci-Fi movies into reality. Handy has the ability to grasp or move the object by recognizing the location or shape of the object. Before meals, arrange tableware according to the number of people, and after meals, arrange the table where people left. It also has a function of transferring food items to the dishwasher.
Currently, Handy is being researched for commercialization in the form of a prototype, but in the video released at CES 2021, the image of Handy who is already active in the house is depicted. Seung Hyeon-jun, head of Samsung Research, a global artificial intelligence (AI) scholar, said, “Robots are the pinnacle of AI-based personalized services, and to be able to act as a partner in personal life through an optimized combination of hardware and software. It’s important.”
Samsung Electronics also introduced’Samsung Bot Care’. It is an upgraded version of the robot of the same name that appeared at CES 2019. Previously, it had a function to care for the elderly, but the latest version of Samsung Bot Care shares the daily life of various family members. Help with schedule management, diet, distance education, and work from home.
‘Shower Speaker’, a Bluetooth speaker that works by generating power with shower water pressure /CES homepage capture
American start-up Ampere exhibited at CES a small hydroelectric generator that connects to a shower and a waterproof Bluetooth speaker that charges with electricity. This product, called the’shower speaker’, is a Bluetooth speaker that generates electricity by the power of water when it is spouted out of the shower head. It’s waterproof, so you can listen to music while taking a shower. Although it is a small skill, it has attracted attention because it enriches our daily life.
My cat, a companion robot that acts on its own. /Macroact
Macroact, a Korean AI robot company, introduced its companion robot, micat. Facial and voice recognition technology through a camera and microphone estimates a person’s emotions and moves accordingly. In addition, MyCat has the same emotional cycle as the biorhythm, so it accumulates the likelihood of the companion or the people around him and shows a different reaction. Unlike existing companion robots that operate according to programming, MyCat is also called an autonomous robot because it determines its own actions.
With this app, am I also BTS? Counter Culture Company’s online K-pop education platform. /CES homepage capture
The online education platform where you can learn K-pop, which is popular around the world, led by BTS, also came to CES and received attention. Start-up Counterculture Company, which was supported by Samsung Electronics, provides online K-pop education curriculum similar to those of Korean entertainment agency trainees. Professional trainers who have raised K-pop stars teach dance, singing, makeup, and Korean.
A robot for the elderly living alone. It has the function of handling unexpected situations that may occur in the elderly during daily life. /Care Blevers provided
Cutii, introduced by CareClever, is a robot for the elderly living alone. Curty takes care of the elderly who have lost their traditional support network, such as spouses, children, and offspring due to the Corona 19 pandemic (infectious disease pandemic). They lock the door or adjust the lighting instead of the elderly, and if their health is deteriorating and fall, they call the emergency contact themselves. It also supports remote treatment with hospitals.
Smart toilet that analyzes human excrement and checks health and disease. /Toto provided
A technology for recognizing a health condition or disease as a condition of feces was also disclosed. Japanese toilet maker TOTO uses advanced sensing technology to measure the body information of the person sitting on the toilet, analyze the composition of the excrement, and inform the current condition and how to become healthier through a mobile app.
