Robots as trainers

Robots as Personal trainers

We know that Robots are replacing humans in industries where they can perform the job more skillfully then humans. But some of us may know that robots are being used as a personal robot to carry out day to day tasks or chores. They have human interface and are easy for use

One of this kind is the personal trainer humanoid robot "Pepper". Pepper is developed a coach for runners on the treadmill. Pepper can also show sympathy, tell jokes, it can express emotions by changing its eye color and can lean forward toward the runner.

Pepper developed its social skills through training by human instructors as how to be an encouraging coach. Pepper learned how to motivate and a runner and when to praise the runner.

According to Human robot interaction expert Katie winkle "We wanted to test if we could transfer the intelligence or the fitness instructor into a robot so it can become a personal coach"

This robot has two versions. First is the pre-programmed and give instructions after every 30 seconds which is according to the runner performance. The second type receives input from a fitness instructor.

 

For the purpose of research 10 people aged between 20 and 60s participated in sessions with the robot in a gym. Results showed that the participants liked it to engage with intelligent human like robot and the performance was also good.

Winkle said" the participants were not sure what to expect, but they were energized and pushed themselves more than normal and the fitness instructor was also impressed"

Before this robots are also being used in sports training like golf, tennis, skiing, and many more but this technology is too expensive for the wide spread.

Ammad ali

Author & Editor

Hello World! I am Naveed Khan, I always had passion for new tech ventures.