Maezawa Fund buys "Lovot".Home robot business development

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Maezawa Fund has acquired a majority of the stock of the robot venture "Groove X", which develops the home robot "Lovot". Enter the home robot business. On April 5, all shares of Groove X will be acquired. Mr. Hayashi, President of Groove X, continues his duties and promotes the Lovot business with Maezawa. [See another image about this article] Lovot is a home robot announced in December 2018. Groove X has welcomed Yusaku Maezawa as a shareholder with a view to expanding Lovot into a global market as a new industry from Japan. Maezawa said, "I didn't imagine being healed by a robot. I was completely deprived of" Lovot "approaching with a good eye while saying Kunkun. However, in this era, I feel a great possibility of being a person who makes people feel happy and happy. Along with President Hayashi, who created "Lovot" in the world, many people have this lovely robot. I'm looking forward to being able to deliver it. " LOVOT was announced in December 2018 and was shipped in December 2019. It moves around the floor with two wheel motors with a built -in wheel motor, constantly connected to the network, and performs various reactions using deep learning. By circulating the waste heat of the built -in device, the "body temperature" of the robot is reproduced, and it is warm when touched. In order to achieve a natural eye contact that looks back, the six -layer video is projected on the eye display to reproduce the movement of the gaze, the speed of the blinking, and the open pupil. The monthly usage fee for LOVOT is 17,467 yen x 48 months for solo (slim plan), 41,498 yen x 48 months (here are 27,478 yen) for solo (slim plan). 。 The fee will be revised from mid -April to late April.

IMPRESS WATCH, Nobuki Kiyomiya