- Project Aiko
Project Aiko (Japanese: 愛子) is Canada's first functional female android and was developed by Le Trung, a chemist graduate from York University. The project is also headed by Le Trung, who has designed the software and the hardware for the android. The name, Aiko, is derived from the combination of the word "Ai" love and "ko" child.
According to Le, Aiko is Canada's first android that can mimic pain, and has the ability to learn what pain is and avoid it. Her first public appearance was held at the Toronto International Center Exhibition in 2007 during the Hobby Show. Aiko's physical body and gear were built in a period of 3 months at a cost of $25,000 in US funds. However, Mr. Le is continuely adding new hardware and software to Aiko, thus making the android more human like.
Mr. Le said silicone from a Japanese Doll company was used to construct Aiko's body, which looks similar to human skin. The android weighs 30 kilograms and has a height of 151 centimeters.
The creator also said that Aiko can recognize speech, voice, faces, motion, and objects. Aiko can also solve math problems displayed to it visually. Furthermore, Aiko has access to servers to get weather information worldwide.By using the B.R.A.I.N.S. software (Biometric Robot Artificial Intelligence Neural System) Mr. Le designed, Aiko has the ability to learn simple new information from her surroundings.The android can speak Japanese and English, with 13,000 sentences to respond to questions verbally. Aiko has many sensors in her body and arms to interact with people when being touched.
Mr. Le has said that he hopes to have Aiko walk one day. In addition, he will also improve the B.R.A.I.N.S. software to make it perform better with the hardware.
References
*cite web|url=http://www.botmag.org/|title=Robt Magazine|work=Full 2007
ee also
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Actroid , the first femaleandroid , with notes on Repliee R1 and Repliee Q1.
*Android
*Android science
*"Blade Runner ", ascience fiction film about an android revolt on future Earth.
*List of Korea-related topics
*Robotics
*Uncanny valley External links
* [http://www.androidworld.com/ Android World]
* [http://www.androidscience.com/ Android Science]
* [http://www.androidworld.com/prod52.htm Valerie, the domestic female android] .
* [http://www.vaasapages.com/RobotsAndroids.htm Article: Robots and Androids]
* [http://www.projectaiko.com/index.html Advance Female Android]
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