Dubai’s Museum of the Future has debuted the latest version of Ameca, an AI-enabled humanoid robot with lifelike facial expressions and interactive features.
Ameca is now equipped with enhanced capabilities for interacting with guests at the museum. The bot can be found on the museum’s Tomorrow, Today floor.
It will serve as an intelligent assistant at the institution, providing even more realistic facial expressions, natural human-like responses and precise movements.
In addition, Ameca can communicate fluently with guests in more than six languages, including Arabic, English, Chinese, Hindi, Spanish and Russian.
The robot is powered by a Tritium 3 operating system, the Museum of the Future said in a press release. It also uses voice recognition and is capable of analysing facial expressions and emotions.
Ameca is manufactured by UK-based Engineered Arts and is described on the company’s website as “the world’s most advanced human shaped robot representing the forefront of human-robotics technology”.
Museum of the Future’s robot community
“Smooth, lifelike motion and advanced facial expression capabilities means Ameca can strike an instant rapport with anybody,” the website says.
The Museum of the Future is also home to a robodog with 3D vision. The bot moves using 17 joints and can map the terrain and avoid obstacles through 360-degree perception.
The museum’s robot community includes Bob the robot barista, and a robotic flying penguin and jellyfish.
“With Ameca, the robodog, and others, the Museum of the Future enables visitors to meet some of the most cutting-edge and advanced robots and AI systems currently on the market,” Majed Al Mansoori, the museum’s deputy executive director, said in 2023.
“We welcome visitors to come and meet our interactive robots and learn about the technologies that are shaping our future today and tomorrow,” he added.
Images courtesy of Museum of the Future
