With the rapid rise of generative AI large models, the applications of AI have become increasingly diverse, ranging from smartphones to smart homes, and now to AI toys and companion robots that can interact with people and perceive user emotions. AI technology has deeply integrated into our daily lives. In educational settings, AI toys can provide companionship and personalized educational services for children. In the pet sector, “AI pets” have become emotional support companions for many. In the health domain, they can serve as companion robots to monitor users’ health data such as exercise and sleep.
AI Toys Become the “New Favorite” in the Market
Real-time voice interaction and emotional companionship are the core functions of AI toys, and smart modules play a crucial role in the voice and communication connectivity features of AI toy applications. The SIM8918, a high-performance, highly compatible, and stable smart module from SIMCom, demonstrates enormous application potential and a broad market prospect in the fields of AI toys and companion robots.
The “Intelligent Heart” of AI Toys
The SIM8918 module is a wireless communication LTE Cat 4 smart module equipped with an Android system. It features a Qualcomm quad-core 64-bit ARM Cortex-A53 processor with a clock speed of up to 2.0GHz and an Adreno 702 GPU high-performance graphics engine. These powerful hardware configurations enable the SIM8918 module to excel in data processing and graphics rendering, providing a smooth and stable operational foundation for AI toys equipped with the SIM8918. Additionally, the SIM8918 module has a rich array of interfaces, allowing for the connection of various external devices, supporting HD cameras and capacitive touch screens to achieve multidimensional data collection and human-machine interaction.
Moreover, the SIM8918 also performs excellently in voice functionality, enabling AI toy terminals to achieve voice recognition, emotional recognition, voice enhancement, and noise reduction, meeting the audio and video processing needs in interactive scenarios. These features of the SIM8918 allow AI toys equipped with this module to more accurately recognize user emotions and voice commands, facilitating more natural and smooth voice interaction and emotional companionship. If combined with the advantages of AI large models in voice, video, and natural interaction, the interaction can incorporate children’s interests in language, science, and music knowledge, allowing AI toys to play a more significant and diverse role in early education and growth companionship for children.
The “Communication Bridge” of AI Toys
In terms of communication connectivity, the SIM8918 module integrates wireless cellular communication, short-range communication, and multi-satellite positioning receiver functions, supporting various communication standards to meet the network connectivity needs of AI toys in different environments. This provides AI toys with a broader range of application scenarios, whether at home, outdoors, or in other locations, ensuring stable network connectivity and providing users with an uninterrupted intelligent experience.
The SIM8918 module from SIMCom, with its powerful hardware configuration, rich interfaces, and stable network connectivity features, provides strong support for the innovation and development of AI toys. In the future, as artificial intelligence technology continues to advance and application scenarios expand, the combination of SIMCom modules with various industry terminals will provide a broader market space for edge AI in AI toys, companion robots, smart homes, and other fields. With 23 years of deep cultivation in the communication module industry, SIMCom currently has a rich product line in areas such as 5G, 4G, AI, LPWA, GNSS, NTN, and V2X, helping customers bring more intelligent and highly interactive products to the market across different industries.
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About SIMCom
SIMCom Wireless Solution
Founded in 2002, SIMCom Wireless Technology (Shanghai) Co., Ltd. has been a leader in the module industry, dedicated to providing modules and solutions for various technology platforms including 5G, LTE-A, C-V2X, eMTC (CAT-M1), NB-IoT, FDD/TDD-LTE, WCDMA/HSPA/HSPA+, CDMA1xRTT/EV-DO, GSM/GPRS/EDGE wireless cellular communication, and GNSS satellite positioning.
SIMCom is committed to providing high-quality module products and industry solutions, continuously meeting the needs of customers across various industries in the Internet of Things with 22 years of professional technological innovation and service capabilities. Our products and services have covered over 180 countries globally, serving more than 10,000 customers. While deeply cultivating vertical industries, we continuously define superior products and build core competitiveness. Our products are widely used in smart cities, wireless payment, vehicle transportation, smart energy, smart industry, healthcare, and agricultural environments.
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