Naver实验室

2022年12月1日

Naver的web服务网络,包括搜索引擎、地图、电子邮件和新闻聚合,在韩国处于支配地位,但其达到国外有限,缺乏像谷歌这样的公司的全球声誉。九点半代表图像12月1日,2022年,纽约:新员工压缩在办公室完成一般性的任务,比如取咖啡,并把包送饭。他们没有得到任何人的方式或侵犯私人空间。他们用经久不衰的礼貌客气地等待电梯。也许最诱人,他们没有抱怨。这是因为他们的机器人。Naver -一应俱全的互联网集团在韩国一直在尝试将机器人集成到办公室生活几个月。在未来,赤裸裸的工业、36层楼高的“高层首尔郊区的舰队约100机器人自己巡游,从地板到地板上robot-only电梯旁边,有时人类,滚动通过安全门和进入会议室。Naver的web服务网络,包括搜索引擎、地图、电子邮件和新闻聚合,在韩国处于支配地位,但其达到国外有限,缺乏像谷歌这样的公司的全球声誉。该公司一直在寻找新的增长渠道。 In October, it agreed to acquire Poshmark, an online secondhand retailer, for $1.2 billion. Now, Naver sees the software that powers robots in corporate office spaces as a product that other companies may eventually want. Robots have found a home in other workplaces, such as factories and in retail and hospitality, but they are largely absent from the white-collar world of cubicles and conference rooms. There are thorny privacy questions: A machine teeming with cameras and sensors roaming company hallways could be a dystopian tool of corporate surveillance if abused, experts say. Designing a space where machines can move freely without disturbing employees also presents a complicated challenge. But Naver has done extensive research to make sure that its robots — which resemble a rolling garbage can — look, move and behave in a way that makes employees comfortable. And as it develops its own robot privacy rules, it hopes to write the blueprint for the office robots of the future. “Our effort now is to minimize the discomfort they cause to humans,” said Kang Sang-chul, an executive at Naver Labs, a subsidiary developing the robots. Technology firms often encourage employees to test out their own products, but with its robots, Naver has turned its entire office into a research and development lab, deploying its employees as test subjects for future workplace technologies. When Naver employees drive to the office, which finished construction this year, the company automatically sends them reminders of where they parked on the workplace app. Employees walk through security gates that use facial recognition, even while masked to prevent the spread of the coronavirus. At Naver’s in-house health clinic, artificial intelligence software suggests areas of focus for employees’ annual health exam. And then there are the robots. Naver designed the office from the ground up with the robots in mind, starting construction in 2016. Every door is programmed to open when a robot approaches. There are no tight hallways or obstructions on the floor. The ceilings are marked with numbers and QR codes to help the robots orient themselves. The cafeteria has lanes dedicated for robots to deliver meals. After a series of experiments, for example, Naver concluded that the optimal spot for a robot in a crowded elevator with humans was the corner next to the entrance on the side opposite of the elevator buttons. The writers are journalists with NYT©2022 The New York Times