Samsung announces `` ball robot with AI '', `` fit tracking with AR glasses and exoskeleton '' at CES 2020



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CES 2020 , the world's largest technology trade fair held in Las Vegas, USA from January 7, 2020 to January 10, 2020 , Samsung is `` ball type smart robot '' `` fit tracking with AR glasses and exoskeleton '' We made presentations such as 'AI assistant Bixby- equipped speakers'.

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◆ Ballie, a ball-type smart robot
Among the projects announced by Samsung, the most interesting is the ball-shaped smart robot 'Ballie' equipped with AI. Ballie is a robot about the size of a baseball ball that follows a person in the house, and is equipped with a camera and smart speakers that grasp the surrounding situation. Since Ballie has a face authentication function, it is possible to identify the user and track it a little distance away.

On the stage of CES 2020, there was a demonstration that Ballie actually followed the presenter. Ars Technica, who reported on Samsung's announcement, said, 'There was no demonstration of useful features, and Ballie was treated like a pet.




This is a demo movie of Ballie released by Samsung separately from the demonstration on stage.




Ballie glows in a still dark room. Behind it is the dog's belly.



Ballie starts moving smoothly ...



The user is still asleep.



Then, Ballie emits light ...



The closed curtains opened, and the sun came in. Ballie has a function as a smart speaker, so it can run IoT devices all over the house.



Light shines on sleeping users.



Then Ballie moved ...



Vertical smart screen.



Sleeping users also wake up.



Ballie is equipped with a face recognition function, so it can recognize the user's face firmly. Users who call 'Hi, Ballie' seem to treat Ballie like a pet.



Ballie chases behind the user at regular intervals.



Ballie launches IoT appliances and displays the back of the user on the screen.



After the user leaves ...





I also played a movie on the screen for a dog left at home.



You can also send movies shot with Ballie's camera to your smartphone.



When a dog drops sweets on the floor ...



It is also possible to automatically activate the cleaning robot and clean it.



About Ballie Samsung stated that `` some functions may be different from the actual product '' and suggested that it is aiming for commercial deployment instead of a concept model, but announcements about prices and release dates are other He did not include any of his products.

◆ Fitness tracking with AR glasses and exoskeleton
Samsung has also released a system called GEMS, which combines AR glasses with Samsung smartphones, Samsung smart watches, and exoskeleton devices.


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The GEMS system was described as 'integration of exoskeleton and powerful software', and fitness tracking using GEMS was performed in the demonstration. According to the presenter, using GEMS, you can synchronize fitness data with your smartphone and receive professional feedback on training. AR glasses are connected by wire instead of wireless, and Ars Technica expects that they will be used by connecting to Samsung smartphones, and that they will not be used alone.




◆ Bixby-equipped speakers
Samsung announced its own AI assistant 'Bixby' in 2017, and in 2018 announced the Samsung Galaxy Home , a smart speaker equipped with Bixby. However, Bixby-equipped smart speakers have not been released even at the time of article creation.

However, at CES 2020, it was revealed that Samsung was continuing to develop Bixby-equipped speakers and will release them by 2020. Samsung is working on a Galaxy Home Mini that is smaller and cheaper than the original Bixby-equipped speaker, and plans to launch the Galaxy Home Mini in the first half of 2020.

Ars Technica shows that Samsung has struggled to fight hardware manufacturers, which are essentially hardware manufacturers, and who are good at software development.


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◆ Samsung and LG's new TV
Announcement of an 'almost completely bezelless an 8K TV,' 'Q950TS' as the new TV was also carried out. The ratio of the screen and the bezel is 99: 1, and the width of the bezel is only 2.3 mm.

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In addition, as a new type of TV focusing on the 'mobile generation', we also announced a vertical screen rotation TV called 'Sero'. The portrait display is natural for generations accustomed to vertical movies shot with smartphones, and it seems that movies can be projected on the screen from devices such as smartphones.

The actual movie that Sero rotates in the vertical direction can be confirmed in the following movie.




Apart from Samsung, LG has announced that it will launch a total of eight 8K compatible TVs as a 2020 model, and to ship `` rewindable organic EL TV '' in the second or third quarter of 2020 Also revealed. In 2019, LG announced 'Organic EL TV that can be rolled up and stored', but it will be finally released in 2020 under the name 'LG Signature RX'. According to LG executives, the price is expected to be around $ 60,000 .

You can check how the LG TV actually appears in the box with the following movie.




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