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Tokyo robotics startup Yukai Engineering to showcase robotic pillow and family messenger robot at CEBIT in Hannover, Germany

Yukai Engineering, a Tokyo robotics startup, to showcase its latest technology

TOKYO, Japan, 11-Jun-2018 — /EPR ELECTRONICS NEWS/ — Yukai Engineering Inc., a Tokyo-based startup known for creating robots that bring joy to life, will demonstrate Qoobo, a robotic pillow with a cat-like tail that makes realistic moves in response to the user’s stroking and rubbing, from June 12 to 15 at CEBIT in Hannover, Germany. Yukai will also showcase the latest version of BOCCO, an award-winning family messenger robot that has enjoyed commercial success in Japan.

Designed to provide comfort the way animals do, Qoobo became one of the most talked-about gadgets on the internet following its Oct. 3, 2017 unveiling at CEATEC Japan, netting more than 15 million online video views. The Kickstarter fundraising for Qoobo raised 247 percent of the goal amount (¥12,360,156 Japanese yen, or approximately $112K) before the Dec. 3 deadline.

BOCCO allows users to turn their homes into smart ones by simply placing the device in their houses.  Via BOCCO and its app, users can exchange voice and text messages among family members and friends and access multiple sensors around their homes and appliances as well as web-based IoT services. BOCCO serves as an IoT platform for Yahoo! Japan’s myThings, as well as for smart homes developed by Japan’s major builders.

WHAT: Yukai Engineering exhibit of Qoobo and BOCCO robots at CEBIT 2018

WHEN: June 12-15

WHERE: Hannover Fairgrounds, Hall 12, Stand D123, (20)

 

Qoobo
  • The flexible tail gently waives when caressed and swings playfully when rubbed.
  • It also sometimes wags spontaneously to call the user’s attention.
  • The simple communication that only uses tail movements without relying on sounds or facial expressions is intended to provide a sense of comfort to people the ways animals do.
  • Kickstarter page:  http://kck.st/2l0b2ZR
  • Qoobo Website: http://qoobo.info/

 

Bocco

BOCCO allows users to remotely take care of their loved ones, including seniors.

  • Voice/text message exchange between the app and BOCCO
  • Connects to Room Sensor, Lock Sensor and Door Sensor to send out notifications on room temperatures, humidity and luminance levels, traffic inside the home
  • An array of IoT services via Yahoo! myThings
  • BOCCO Channels allows direct programming on the app to receive task reminders, emergency notifications, weather information, etc. http://bocco.me

 

SOURCE: EuropaWire

Startup mentored by Promwad created one of the best IoT products in Europe

Vilnius/Lithuania, 2016-Oct-18 — /EPR Electronics News/ — ZIVE smart radiation monitor has reached the final of Elektra Awards 2016, a big influential contest for the electronics market players. This device designed by R-NOX startup with the assistance of Promwad Electronics Design House was named one of six best innovative products of Europe exploiting the Internet of Things potentialities.

ZIVE is a portable radiation monitor of the next generation that can connect to smartphones and tablets via Bluetooth. It’s the first device of professional level designed for common people. It has a user-friendly interface, a Geiger-Muller counter, and a low market price comparing with other high-precision radiation monitors.

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ZIVE radiation monitor measures gamma rays, ionizing radiation, and X-rays. Differentiating features of the device:

  • Calibrated by accredited European laboratories (CE).
  • High accuracy at a lower price in comparison with other similar devices.
  • “Smart monitor” mode that provides users with specific health and well-being advice: how to interpret the measurements and reduce the risks.
  • Working with maps to create eco-routes: save radiation spots, find cleaner routes.

The collected ZIVE data is used for the real-time global map of radiation contamination.

Roman Pakholkov, Promwad’s CEO and R-NOX’s mentor, says that the data collected by ZIVE users is stored in the eco-platform, which is becoming the most detailed in the world. This platform allows accelerating the innovations development for the environmental management and can be integrated into other devices and applications via the open API.

To date, R-NOX has developed partnerships with the largest tour operator in the Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant Zone of Alienation; Greenpeace; companies and organizations in Japan, Finland, Singapore, and other countries.

Promwad continues its work in supporting new electronics design projects in the IoT field. The company believes in the high potential of this popular trend and are ready to share their experience in the development and manufacture of electronic products for the global consumer electronics market.

The best companies of Elektra Awards 2016 will be announced on Thursday, 1st December, at the awards ceremony taking place in The Ballroom, Grosvenor House Hotel, London.

Contact-Details:
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Olga Potonya
olga.potonya@promwad.com
+370 (5) 214 12 44 ex.227

 

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