News Summary

• Disney and Nvidia are building a “character OS’ that could eventually power everything from hospital service bots to elder-care assistants.
• We are moving toward a world where a character doesn’t just recite a line to a crowd, but notices a child’s Elsa shirt and decides, autonomously, to comment on it.
• If a robot can learn to be “huggable” and “emotive” in a chaotic theme park, it can certainly handle a busy grocery store or restaurant service.
• A future full of robot helpers might be closer than we think.