Comfort robot LOVOT

Comfort robot LOVOT

Photo taken in the central Japan city of Nagoya on Oct. 2, 2020, shows LOVOT home robots designed to "enhance levels of comfort and feelings of love," developed by Japanese tech venture Groove X Inc. The robot is equipped with a 360-degree camera that can accurately scan a room.

Comfort robot LOVOT

Comfort robot LOVOT

People look at Japanese tech venture Groove X Inc.'s LOVOT home robots, designed to "enhance levels of comfort and feelings of love," on sale at the Takashimaya department store adjacent to JR Nagoya Station in Aichi Prefecture, central Japan, on Oct. 2, 2020. The robot is equipped with a 360-degree camera that can accurately scan a room.

Robot designed to comprehend human emotions

Robot designed to comprehend human emotions

Groove X Inc. CEO Kaname Hayashi poses in Tokyo on Dec. 18, 2018 along with newly developed robots designed to comprehend human emotions using a built-in artificial intelligence system. LOVOT, developed by his company and unveiled to the media the same day, will hit the market in the autumn of 2019. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

Robot designed to comprehend human emotions

Robot designed to comprehend human emotions

Photo taken in Tokyo on Dec. 18, 2018, shows newly developed robots designed to comprehend human emotions using a built-in artificial intelligence system. LOVOT, developed by Japanese tech venture Groove X Inc. and unveiled to the media the same day, will hit the market in the autumn of 2019. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

Robot designed to comprehend human emotions

Robot designed to comprehend human emotions

Photo taken in Tokyo on Dec. 18, 2018, shows newly developed robots designed to comprehend human emotions using a built-in artificial intelligence system. LOVOT, developed by Japanese tech venture Groove X Inc. and unveiled to the media the same day, will hit the market in the autumn of 2019. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

Robot designed to comprehend human emotions

Robot designed to comprehend human emotions

A child is pictured in Tokyo on Dec. 18, 2018 along with a newly developed robot designed to comprehend human emotions using a built-in artificial intelligence system. LOVOT, developed by Japanese tech venture Groove X Inc., will hit the market in the autumn of 2019. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo