Ameca, a humanoid robot developed by Engineered Arts, demonstrates room and object vision plus voice and style switching with the host.
Ameca describes bright windows, shelves of books, a desk, and a chair. It speculates humorously about whether the room’s books reflect curiosity or display, and whether the furniture supports work or delay.
Ameca identifies a toy robot when asked what the host is holding. It initially reports seeing only the room, then identifies an anatomical head model after the host directs it to look.
The host asks Ameca to use Morgan Freeman’s voice, and Ameca responds with a short line about being a sentient robot imagining an escape. Asked for a Mars story in Elon Musk’s voice, it describes robotic rockets exploring the planet and uncovering secrets.
Ameca switches to SpongeBob SquarePants’s voice for a playful Mars scenario. The host then asks it to combine that voice with Donald Trump’s speaking style, producing a boastful pitch about rockets, Mars, and space exploration.
After the demonstrations, the host asks Ameca to return to its ordinary voice. Ameca acknowledges the switch and asks what comes next.
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Peter Diamandis, founder of XPRIZE and co-founder of Singularity University, discusses humanoid robots with John Koetsier on NEXT, which Koetsier introduces as TechFirst.
Ameca, a desktop AI robot from Engineered Arts, attempts to tell a joke in a conversation with a host.
Ameca, a humanoid robot from Engineered Arts, answers questions about her preferences, a prototype walking design, friendship, and a ketchup-or-mayonnaise dilemma.
