Inventor builds robot companion

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Le Trung, a 33-year-old Canadian man, has invented what he considers the perfect domestic companion. It's a female robot called Aiko, dressed in a pink blouse and black skirt:

"She can recognize faces, she can identify medication, she can even butter your toast,"

Mr. Trung is waiting for new parts for Aiko's hands to arrive so he can teach her to make tea and coffee in the morning.

Mr. Trung has even taught Aiko how to read and do basic math.

"I'm attached to it, but do I sleep with it? No," he says. "It was just less threatening to develop a female robot."

"She can work 24 hours, no break, no pay and she won't ask for a raise," he says. "That's okay for a home budget."

Source: globeandmail.com: Robot awaits investors to bring her to life

What, no rights for this woman robot? :eek: ;) Okay so I'm just joking about the rights of a robot, but the portrayal of this "woman" robot is quite stereotyped.
 
I have heard of this on the news before. It makes me wonder what household jobs it can do. I’m looking to have one on the near future because they are much safer compared to real housemaid.
 
i also have seen this on the news before. i think that it is pretty cool. but then it is also hard because you need to set up the things that it needs to do. and those things are just programmed.
 
I have heard of this on the news before. It makes me wonder what household jobs it can do. I’m looking to have one on the near future because they are much safer compared to real housemaid.

Hey, even I wouldn't say no to some help with my household chores, but I think I will request a robot that looks like C3PO from Star Wars. :p

Before we know it, companies won't need real life employees as they'll be replaced by robots.
 
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Technology is real a great thing. I would like to have one of these robots; not so much for house duties, but as a companion. It reminds me of a movie that I saw "I Robot"; only without the negative part.
 
Technology is real a great thing. I would like to have one of these robots; not so much for house duties, but as a companion. It reminds me of a movie that I saw "I Robot"; only without the negative part.

I haven't seen the film I Robot; I'll have to get an eye out for it.
 

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