Project description
Joey, at your service
Assistant humanoid robots are good for business! By welcoming customers to shops and offering assistance, these robots can attract customers and increase sales. But they are also expensive and cannot fully replace the human assistant who can advise about brands, colours and styles. In this context, the EU-funded Joey project is introducing an affordable and tailor-made robot by the same name. Joey, for instance, is designed to meet individual customer requirements. The project also allows for real-life testing through a rent or lease programme. Designed by the Swiss company Jinn-Bot Robotics, 3D printing technology ensures that a robot can be quickly produced to meet customer needs.
Objective
Digital sales are set to double over the next 10 years, reaching an average of 25%. With this increasing competition from e-commerce, physical stores require new strategies to attract customers and increase sales. Consumers are no longer engaged by products or services, but rather by new experiences.
In order to bring new experiences into physical stores and provide a useful service to customers, assistant humanoid robots have been integrated by big brands, and have experienced sales and traffic increases of 15% and 18% respectively. These robots provide a wow factor to stores, captivate consumers, and, not only are they an innovative marketing tool, but they can also perform routine customer service tasks 24/7 better than humans, freeing up staff from tedious tasks, and ultimately increasing productivity. However, existing assistant humanoid robots on the market require a high investment to purchase them and are not affordable for SMEs; they can't be customized (e.g. logos' brands, color), thus their potential as marketing tool is not optimized; they can' t be tested for a short period of time to evaluate their output to the business; and can only be purchased (with the risk of becoming obsolete in the short term), not rented or leased. Besides, the customer support provided is slow and inefficient.
Aligning with today's society sharing economy mindset, with a preference for renting/leasing instead of buying, we, Jinn-Bot Robotics and Design, have developed Joey, an assistant humanoid robot that can be rented/leased for short periods of time at an affordable price, democratizing therefore its use in customer service oriented businesses. With our renting/leasing model and our economic 3D printing production of the robot, we are able to overcome limitations previously mentioned from existing robots on the market. Most importantly, through renting/leasing, businesses can test first-hand the real output (e.g. increased sales) our robot can bring to their businesses.
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- engineering and technology electrical engineering, electronic engineering, information engineering electronic engineering robotics autonomous robots
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Programme(s)
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H2020-EU.2.3. - INDUSTRIAL LEADERSHIP - Innovation In SMEs
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H2020-EU.3. - PRIORITY 'Societal challenges
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H2020-EU.2.1. - INDUSTRIAL LEADERSHIP - Leadership in enabling and industrial technologies
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SME-1 - SME instrument phase 1
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Call for proposal
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(opens in new window) H2020-EIC-SMEInst-2018-2020
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5412 GEBENSTORF
Switzerland
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