Ninomiya-kun: Robot that Can Read Books For Children or ParentsNinomiya-kun is a robot that could read a book through a camera in his eye. This robot can read all kinds of readings ranging from newspapers to magazines from start to finish. Book or newspaper is placed in the section that has been provided and the existing mechanical technology, each sheet can be reversed automatically.
Ninomiya-kun Currently it can only be a sound robotic but the researchers will try to make the sound more Ninomiya-kun had a feeling that can match the human voice.
Within his system, the robot can recognize 2,000 kanji, hiragana and katakana, but in the future, the robot is expected to be much more familiar with other writings and letters.
This robot was made by Waseda University in Japan and has a height of 1 m and a weight of only 25 kg. Ninomiya-kun is expected to be useful for parents who have difficulties to read and also the parents who are lazy to read stories to their children before bed