Assisting Searching Books Pepper Robot Book Search

Assisting Searching Books PepperRobot Book Search

Using Robot Book Search which is we co-developed with Bunshodo Corporation, we have demonstrate at an exhibition of the biggest library fair in the domestic, Library Fair and Forum 17th, which was held from November 10th to 12th 2015 in Pacifico Yokohama.

Bunshodo Corporation. provides "total planning service of human × information, link to each other", keeps biggest share in movable bookshelf field and provides spaces that human and information can connect comfortably with the more than 30000 supply results for various fields and the after support.

We made it realized a collaboration by using user interface of "Electric Movable Bookshelf" from Bunshodo Corporation and Pepper.

Roll of Pepper

Link with Poducts

This time, Pepper was not only introduce products, but also demonstrate the introduction linked to their product, "Electric Movable Bookshelf".

After Pepper calls and brings customers in, once he catch their face, he greet and by making use of his special skills, such as the tablet on his chest, QR code reader of his head camera, and sound-recognition system, he find the book you look for.

When he reach to the book you are looking for, "Electric Movable Bookshelf" will start to move with Pepper's comical moves and sounds sign, and he will find the book.

This link to "Electric Movable Bookshelf" and Pepper send the data of books he searched.

The Effect of Introduction

Machine × Pepper

As a key point to entertain people, Bunshodo Corporation.'s "Electric Movable Bookshelf" and Pepper linked each other to "a robot moves bookshelf".

We have succeed not only searching books robotically but also create entertaining space searching books through robot.

This system helps to search books in various situation and the connection was created based on a idea which linked to other books data.

High popularity

During the exhibition, Pepper was surrounded by crowds, many people experienced communicating with Pepper and finding books through the demonstration.
Especially Pepper was popular among young women, it lead the entire booth to entertaining with involvement of them.

Also, Pepper gather crowds by the conversation with him and the smooth moves, he makes it fun in a bit time which contributed to be a hot topic and satisfaction of customers.

Our Ideas for Practical Uses Case of Pepper

Robots As An Entrance to IoT

IoT（Internet of Things) Market is gathering attentions because it's expected to expand 365 trillion JPY by 2020.

We have tried the development since we wonder Pepper can be an entrance to IoT for the coming generation of IoT.

We offer entertaining IoT experiences which is like when you talk to the robot, it would get data from human languages and the data-linked hardware would do the command.