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This is absolutely unreal!

A company called AI ROBOTIC has developed a realistic female robot. The founders Etienne Fresse and Yoichio Yamato call her the ‘Lisa - the Perfect Woman’. They seem to think that she would be the answer to the lonely man’s fantasies…whilst I have my reservations about that, I must admit that this is the most realistic robot I’ve seen so far aesthetically. However, movement wise, she still seems a little stiff. You can judge for yourself by viewing the videos below.

The technology she employs is known as the RKS technology. RKS technology is based on man’s 3 main senses: the sense of touch, the sense of sight and the sense of hearing. Through RKS the robot becomes highly autonomous and requires hardly any human intervention, except for training purposes.

The sense of touch: Lisa’s surface is covered by thousands of micro-sensors. Each of these sensors has a special function. Some measure temperature, others register proximity and touch. The data of each sensor alone is not very helpful, but combined all the gathered bits of information provide valuable results. By analyzing the temperate and touch sensors’ data Lisa can for example distinguish her proprietor from other people.

The sense of hearing: RKS technology is based on technologies for the interpretation of collected data (ICD). The hearing sense is mostly created through vocal recognition. Sound sensors are located near the ears and send the arriving signals to the on-board computer which then analyses the data. These sensors register the tonality and the amplitude. They also split the signals into syllables just like vocal recognition programmes do. Like for the sense of touch it is the combination of these pieces of information that allows for augmented use. By associating tonality, amplitude and syllable recognition Lisa is for example able to distinguish between different tones of voice (question, excitement, sorrow…)

The sense of sight: Lisa possesses 2 micro cameras that are directly connected to her internal computer. Through these 2 cameras she can register large amounts of information simultaneously and for example follow the movements of objects or recognize certain people. This works like this: first the “scene” is divided into several levels – foreground, background etc.