Sony - FUTURE PROOF : Robots That Make You Feel at Home

A small cylindrical robot called poiq sits on a table looking at the camera.

Text appears over a teal chyron, beside a Japanese woman in a long-sleeved shirt.

ON SCREEN TEXT: Nao Kondo
Robotics Artist

Yellow subtitles in English appear as she speaks.

NAO
“When I first saw poiq, I was very excited. As a creator, I wondered how its movements were developed, and I thought to myself: If it were up to me what technology would I use to make it talk?”

Text appears over a teal background with two dark blue semi-circles.

ON SCREEN TEXT: Robots That Make You
Feel at Home

We see Nao at home, working on her own robot art. She holds a contraption of metal and wires, screwing a pole onto a base.

NAO
“It’s important for communication robots to have creature-like movements. She covers the electronics up with a fluffy white piece of fabric with two small brown eyes.”

NAO
“The main thing that contributed to poiq’s cute and lifelike movements was the movement of its eyes.”

The eyes light up inside poiq’s dome head as it speaks.

poiq
“Let’s play a word game. I won’t lose! I’ll go first. ‘Monkey.’”

Nao looks back at poiq.

NAO
“Ok – ‘Ruby.’”

NAO
“The future includes these new beings that are neither human nor animal that make people feel at home.”

poiq looks up at the camera lens.

poiq
“Let’s play again soon!”

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ON SCREEN TEXT: FUTURE PROOF SONY

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ON SCREEN TEXT: SONY