Social robots and their role in enhancing human communication

The robot is no longer just a machine that only commands and executes for you, and the human being refused to limit it to that. Rather, it has invaded our lives and penetrated even the parts of humanity, from our homes, streets, schools, and even hospitals. It will not be a lie if you say that it will be your personal friend who listens to you, understands you, and answers you as your other self, and not with automated responses, but rather human responses. Another presentation, dialogue and discussion...

Friends of ours...

It is not a fictional story, but a real one. We have a social robot like “Timmy,” the American robot, which has been exposed to huge advertising campaigns. It is equipped with cameras, a light probe to avoid obstacles, a screen, and most important of all, an intelligent communication system that can identify its owner and respond to a call. 

We can say that it is your home assistant. The person interferes with everything in home appliances with a voice command only. As for Arabic, “Musalem” was launched in Saudi Arabia with great force as the first interactive Arab robot. “Musalem” works as an interactive receptionist in hotels and shops. Not only that, “Musalem” has developed to work as a teacher and we have it in Finland as well.” Elias, the teacher, and his sister from the same company, Nadine.

Friend of the elderly..

Let the pet dogs step down from the top, and let our friend “Nadine” come to us, the newest of them all and the smartest type of interactive social robot.

The process of making the robot is not limited only to the human method, but there is also the dog “Biskit”, which began to be used instead of a real pet dog in southern England as a companion in nursing homes.

We can understand from all of this the reality of the current situation of the twenty-first century, which is the robot occupying its place among societal circles, modernizing its industry, and placing it among companies that are desperately and persistently trying to make it human and address its shortcomings. Despite the development of the robot industry, its movement does not resemble human flexibility after its ability to perform some specific movements. As for interaction, it is not in the complete and ideal form, but it is somewhat strong, in addition to its advantage in conversation, but not only that, but also due to the intelligence of the social robot in knowing successful answers and effective responses.

Ranking mechanism:

Of course, there is a clear arrangement for the process of manufacturing an automated robot, and even the data for an integrated process, which falls according to specific requirements. For example, the sensors have a special section and the processing has another section, and together they give an integrated final robot. Below is the mechanism for operating the social robot...

1. Sensors

Like the five human senses, sensors play a vital role in collecting data from the environment surrounding the robot, which helps it understand the world and interact with it.

Basic sensors include:

The human eye, in another way, is cameras: it is used to see and identify faces and objects, and to analyze gestures and facial expressions. It enables the robot to recognize people and interact with them appropriately.

- The human ear with its robotic face, which is the microphones: they work to pick up sounds and speech from the surrounding environment, which enables the robot to understand voice commands and verbal interaction, meaning we can say that it is an ear and a tongue at the same time.

- Touch sensors: To create a more realistic experience, the completion of the touch process is of different importance, not for people, but for the robot itself. They enable the robot to sense touch, allowing it to interact sensually with humans, machines, and what is in front of it in a more realistic way.

2. Data processing

Data processing is one of the most basic and complex components that enable the robot to understand the surrounding environment and respond to it intelligently:

- Image and video processing: Facial and gesture recognition algorithms are used to understand what is happening around the robot. It enables it to identify people and interact with them based on their facial expressions and gestures.

- Audio and speech processing: includes speech recognition technologies that convert audio into text, and natural language understanding (NLP) technologies to analyze and understand texts, enabling the robot to respond appropriately.

3. Artificial intelligence

The effective element here, which the social robot relies on greatly and seriously, is artificial intelligence techniques to improve its interactions and decisions in a manner similar to humans:

- Machine learning algorithms: Help the robot improve its performance over time by learning from the data it collects.

- Artificial neural networks: simulate human cognitive processes such as recognizing patterns and making decisions based on processed data.