Saturday, June 27th: Since it is important to cover the face and wear a mask to prevent the spread of the deadly coronavirus, Japanese startup Donut Robotics has now developed an Internet-connected “smart mask” that transmits messages and transmits eight other Japanese-language messages. It can translate into different languages.
According to a report by Japan Arab News, Japanese startup Don’t Robotics has developed an Internet-connected “smart mask” that can transmit messages and translate from Japanese to eight other languages.
Japan Arab News reports that the white plastic “Sea Mask” fits better than a standard face mask and connects to a smartphone and tablet application via Bluetooth that can transcribe speech into text messages, make calls or can increase the voice of the wearer of the mask.
“We’ve worked hard for years to build robots and we’ve used this technology to create a product that responds,” said Taisok Ono, chief executive of Donut Robotics, according to Japan Arab News. That’s how the coronavirus has changed society.”
Donut Robotics engineers came up with the idea for the mask when they found a product to help protect the company from the epidemic. When the Coronavirus attacked, it contracted to supply robot guides and translators at Tokyo’s Hyundai Airport, a product that faces an uncertain future after the end of air travel.
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Arab News reports that the first 5,000C masks of Donut Robotics will be launched in Japan in September, with Onono looking to sell in China, the United States and Europe as well. He said that there has been interest in it.
At around 40$ ( 4200 00) per mask, Donut Robotics is targeting a massive market that didn’t existed until a few months ago. He said that one of the objectives of this is to collect revenue from the services offered by the users through these apps which will be downloaded by the users.
Donut Robotics, using translation software developed for its robot and mask design, created a prototype attached mask within a month, which was discovered four years ago by a company engineer, Shansuk Fujibashi, by exposing facial muscles. Formed a student project to translate the speech.
Ono raised 28 million yen (260,000) for growth by selling Donut Robotics shares through the Japanese crowdfunding site Fundino. “We hit our initial target within three minutes and stopped after 37 minutes when we reached 28 million yen,” he said.
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