A robot "Fribo" that heals solitude of living alone appeared, a mechanism to increase communication with friends who live apart

If you live by yourself for many years, you can not get in touch with your living apart if you do not have a chance to do anything, and you can become "I have not talked to people other than work people for the past few weeks when I realized ..." often. "Fribo"The robot creates" a chance to talk "within a group made between friends and heals the loneliness of one's living.

Fribo: A Robot for People Who Live Alone - IEEE Spectrum
https://spectrum.ieee.org/automaton/robotics/home-robots/fribo-a-robot-for-people-who-live-alone

You can check what kind of robot "Fribo" is from the following movie.

Fribo: A Robot for People Who Live Alone


Fribo is a design imitating the face of a black cat.


In the house of Mr. Fribo's ......


Mr. Min came back.


Electricity of the room is also attached, and when Fribo senses that "Mr. Min is returning" ......


Fribo of Ran's house who is making a network at Fribo reacts.


"Ooh! Your friend opened the door of the house! Is someone coming home?" It tells us with a cute voice. Fribo is designed not to pass personal information unnecessarily, and I do not know the thing like "Who came back?"


If you know that "Someone of your friends has come back," you can ask, "In a group chat connected by Fribo," I asked, "Did anyone come home?" And replied from the other party "I am! I will be returning "will be born.


Besides, for example, if someone in the group opens the refrigerator ......


Fribo will tell you the "trigger" that the conversation seems to be born, saying, "Your friend opened the refrigerator! Are you going to eat something?"


"When I think that I'd like to talk with my friend who just opened the fridge", if I knock the table twice with Fist near Fribo ... ...


Friend Fribo who opened the fridge tells his friends, "What are you doing now? Mr. Min is interested in your actions."


Fribo does not have the function to gather privacy more than necessary such as calling function and camera function. Therefore, we exchange with chat application etc. with the person who was interested.


Fribo is a "robot that creates a conversation trigger" robot to the last, and does not forcefully talk to someone with someone. When you come back from outside, just tell me that there are friends chatting with someone like "Are you done with work? 2 of your friends are already at home!" It will be. Fribo does not positively tell individual names, etc., it is only known that "someone is at home", so privacy is never going through.


For example, if some of my friends came home late at night, Fribo will tell you that "Someone has returned! Have you worked late?"


When you clap 3 times, you can send the message "Welcome back!" To the other party.


Fribo tells friends who came back that "Mr. Ran reacted".


If you know that "Someone is responding to me", it will make it easier for you to talk with others such as chat.


Besides, if someone opens the closet on a cold day ......


"Someone opened the closet! It's cold today, so why not try telling me to warm the warmth," Fribo urges us.


Fribo is responsible for predicting people's behavior with sounds and promoting communication among members.


Fribo was held in Chicago in MarchACM / IEEE International ConferenceResearchers at Yonsei University developed robots for the purpose of "maintaining people's connections". Fribo recognizes only specific sounds such as on / off of microwave oven, entrance door and refrigerator opening and closing, and to Fribo among friends who set in advance, "It seems that someone has returned," "You may be eating something There is no opportunity to talk about it. "


Fribo is based on the idea of ​​"creating mutual relations while preserving privacy", and all contents shared by Fribo are anonymous. If you are interested in someone's actions it is possible to knock or clapping nearby walls or tables twice and to inform them that they are three times to show favor, such as "tired!" Or "return!", Knock or clap If you do, you can tell this name to your opponent.


When Korean young people actually introduced Fribo among friends, they felt like they lived in friends with the same house, but because they do not know each other's appearance and detailed actions, they are in good condition Privacy was preserved for me. " In addition, it seems that someone is nearby and want to get in touch with herself, and it is reported that communication with chat application and telephone has increased.