Polyglot humanoid robot greets customers at Tokyo airport


  • TECH
  • Tuesday, 29 Mar 2016

TOKYO: Tourists checking out a foreign exchange bank at Tokyo's Narita International Airport on March 25 were greeted by a diminutive robot clerk, called NAO. 

Built by Paris based-Aldebaran Robotics, the sleek red and white robot stands about 58cm tall (23in) in front of Mitsubishi Tokyo UFJ airport store and speaks to visitors in Japanese, English or Chinese. 

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