Meet Jiajia, the realistic ‘robot goddess’ built by Chinese researchers
‘Beautiful’ android’s features modelled after features of five women from the university in Beijing
Researchers in Beijing have created what internet users in China have dubbed a “robot goddess”.
Developers at the University of Science and Technology who made the robot said one of their aims was to ensure it was “attractive”, The Beijing News reported.
Researchers created the machine, Jiajia, after using the features of five women from the university as “image models”, the report said.
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Developers said at a press briefing that the robot was able to chat, display emotion through facial expressions, move its body and even know where it had been placed, according to the article.
It was even able to tell if photographers were taking an unflattering picture of it, telling snappers not to get too close and “make her face look fat on camera”, the state-run Xinhua news agency said.
The team of developers, led by the Professor Chen Xiaoping, said the 1.6-metre-tall robot had already acted as a hostess at two high-profile national events on artificial intelligence this year.