(Telecompaper) SK Telecom unveiled its own artificial intelligence-based home assistant dubbed 'Nugu', which recognizes voice commands in the Korean language. SK said at a presentation in Seoul it plans to collaborate with third-party enterprises to expand applications for the platform, to areas such as automobiles, wearable devices and humanoid robots. The cylinder-shaped device consists of a speaker, microphone and processor parts. Once the device is connected tthrough wireless internet, users can give verbal orders so as to make the device play music, control smart home devices and ask for information such as weather conditions and personal schedules. SK plans to release Nugu's APIs in the first half of next year. The Nugu device costs KRW 249,000 (USD 223.28), and the AI assistant service is offered free of charge.