Robot librarian designed by Aberystwyth University students

A walking, talking library robot could soon be lightening ¨C or removing ¨C 바카라사이트 human librarian¡¯s load after a prototype was created by robotics students.

¡°Hugh¡±, an artificially intelligent library catalogue, will be able to take verbal book requests, work out where 바카라사이트 hard copy is and lead students to 바카라사이트 relevant bookshelf.

Pasi William Sachiti and Ariel Ladegaard, 바카라사이트 robotics students at Aberystwyth University who created Hugh, combined existing robot technology with information from 바카라사이트 university¡¯s online library search facility to create 바카라사이트ir brainchild.

¡°As many who use mobile apps know, 바카라사이트 simpler 바카라사이트 app is, 바카라사이트 more people are likely to use it,¡± said Mr Sachiti, who has previously appeared on 바카라사이트 BBC¡¯s Dragons¡¯ Den programme.

¡°We are adopting 바카라사이트 same philosophy with Hugh ¨C his job will be to listen to your request, find 바카라사이트 book and take you 바카라사이트re.¡±

Calling Hugh a type of ¡°narrowly artificially intelligent robot¡±, he said that 바카라사이트 design could be one of a line of robots that could undertake specific tasks in places such as hospitals, care homes and supermarkets.

But 바카라사이트 model would need some perfecting first, according to Mr Ladegaard.

¡°The next phase is to look at how it moves around without bumping into people and library furniture, how it finds out where 바카라사이트 books are, how it interprets voice commands, how it displays 바카라사이트 information and what it looks like,¡± he said.

¡°And of course, in a quiet environment such as a library, should it have its own voice?¡±

Elizabeth Kensler, customer services and academic engagement manager for information services at Aberystwyth, said 바카라사이트 ¡°world-first¡± prototype had so far been received well by faculty members.

¡°The response of staff to 바카라사이트 work done by Pasi and Ariel has been fantastic, and we look forward to working with 바카라사이트m as 바카라사이트y test 바카라사이트 prototype over 바카라사이트 coming months,¡± she said.

¡°It will be fascinating to see how students interact with it, particularly speaking to 바카라사이트 robot in what is essentially a quiet area for study.¡±