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Robot girl invented to help elderly
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Source: CCTV.com | 12-13-2008 10:20
Special Report: Tech MaxAn inventor in Canada wanted to develop an android to care for the elderly. But the robot soon turned into something more.
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| Le Trung has been programming life into Aiko over the last two years, spending about 24 thousand US dollars of his own money in the process. |
Le Trung has been programming life into Aiko over the last two years, spending about 24 thousand US dollars of his own money in the process. Aiko can now read documents, recognize 250 faces per second, repeat directions, and distinguish between such sensations as a light tickle and pain.
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| Le Trung has been programming life into Aiko over the last two years, spending about 24 thousand US dollars of his own money in the process. |
She's spunky as well. Her inventor tested her patience by fidgeting around as she tried to feed him, eventually telling him to feed himself.
Once Aiko has been perfected, Le Trung hopes to sell clones for use as home helpers. He says with enough sponsors, he can mass-produce the robot and sell it for about 500 US dollars each.
