#zenbo

During this year's Computex in Taipei, Taiwan, ASUS showed off its Zenbo which is a home companion that can help with basic tasks. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5L99dtljHVk ASUS Chairman Jonney Shih invaded the stage and introduced the Zenbo. One of the first things that he commanded it to do was to "turn on the lights". This is just one of the few tricks up Zenbo's sleeves and the company aims for it to be one of the pioneers in home-help devices. As we've previously mentioned, Zenbo could connect to and control smart home devices (although there's currently little of that going on in the Philippines) so users could basically tell what they want to Zenbo and it will do those things for them. The company also made The company also made Zenbo both elderly- and children-friendly. During the demonstration, we saw how it responded well to voice commands by beginning with, "Hey Zenbo!" before telling/asking it for specific things. Give me directions to cook Seafood Paella!" to "Hey Zenbo, set a reminder for a birthday party," the two-wheeled cute robot sharply confirmed and carried the tasks impressively. Although as seen on the video, those who were permitted to ask Zenbo questions only chose from a list of available things to ask. Read more in our articles including "Watch: ASUS Zenbo in action" and "Asus Zenbook Prime Touch first impressions".