Interacting with Pepper¶
Talking with Pepper¶
Prerequisite
Autonomous Life: ON |
To chat with Pepper:
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Get close enough, and make sure Pepper has seen you. Pepper will detect your presence if you approach within five feet (1.5 meter). For further details, see: How Pepper detects humans. |
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Check if Pepper is listening: his eyes should be navy blue. For further details, see: How I know Pepper is listening. |
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Say a short sentence, in one go. Pepper takes a little time to process what you said; at this time, his eyes are green. Then he gives you an answer. Tips
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Calling Pepper¶
Prerequisite
Autonomous Life: ON |
When Pepper has not yet seen you, or is not close enough to be fully listening, he may, however, understand a few words.
Speaking loud enough to be heard, call Pepper with one of the following sentences:
English | Japanese | Effect |
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“Pepper” | 「ペッパー」 | Pepper has a small reaction. |
“Hello”, “Hi” | 「おはよう(ございます)」 「おやすみ(なさい)」 「ただいま」、「かえったよ」 「いってきます」、「いってくる」、「でかけてくるね」 |
Pepper has a small reaction. |
“Come Here”, “Come Closer” | 「こっち来て」、「こっちおいで 」、「ちょっと来て」 | If Pepper is able to see you, he asks for confirmation. If you confirm, Pepper comes closer. |
“Pepper Come Here”, “Pepper Come Closer” | 「ペッパーこっち来て」、「ペッ パーこっちおいで」、「ペッパー ちょっと来て」 | If Pepper is able to see you, he comes closer. |
Understanding interaction¶
How Pepper detects humans¶
Pepper tries, as much as possible, to establish and keep eye contact with people around.
To do so, Pepper:
Step | Action |
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A | Looks in the direction of any detected stimulus - sound, movement, touch. |
B | Checks if this stimulus may correspond to a human.
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Limits
Pepper does not react to new stimulus:
When processing a stimulus (i.e. checking if it corresponds to a human).
Pepper does not react to other stimuli until he has finished to process the first one.
When engaged in an Activity or a Dialog.
When Pepper is chatting with a human, he always keeps tracking the human until the human has left.
When Pepper is in the middle of an Activity, all his actions are exclusively defined by the Activity itself.
How I know Pepper is listening¶
To make sure Pepper is listening, check his eye LEDs, and pay attention to the slight “blip” sounds.
Eye LEDs feedback¶
When the eye LEDs are ... | Pepper ... |
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Navy blue, rotating | is listening. |
Green | has stopped listening. Pepper is processing what a human just said. |
White or pale blue | is not listening, because he:
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Sound feedback¶
Additionally, slight “bilip” sounds can be heard when Pepper starts and stops listening:
- when starting listening, the sound is ascending,
- when stopping the sound is descending.