South Korean researchers said they have invented a robot which can dance and get emotional when it’s not tackling the chores.
Mahru, as the robot is known, can move its lips, eyebrows and even pupils freely to make faces and can emit two kinds of fragrances to match its emotions. It can move upper body parts freely while walking on its legs.
The robot was developed by a research team at the Korea Institute of Science and Technology.
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“Mahru, which can dance while walking on its legs, was developed as a humanoid robot capable of working in place of a human,” team leader You Bum-Jae said.
“It will open the way for the commercial use of humanoid robots doing housework.”
Mahru is programmed to follow various human movements through an advanced motion capture system. It can move its hands freely to cope with any interference or obstacles.
You said his team has also made a robot that can differentiate faces and objects and deliver things to humans on request. (AFP)
南韓的研究人員表示，他們已研發出一款會做家事的機器人，除此之外，它還會跳舞及鬧情緒。
這款「Mahru」機器人的嘴唇、眉毛，甚至瞳孔都能自由動作，做出各種臉部表情，還會依情緒起伏，散發出兩種不同的香味。它在行走時，上肢各部位會自由擺動
這個機器人是由南韓科學技術院的一個研究團隊研發而成。
研究計畫負責人劉凡材說：「我們研發的類人機器人Mahru，雙腿能邊走路邊跳舞，還能代替人類工作。」
「它將開啟家務型類人機器人的商業用途。」
Mahru的程式中有一套高階動作捕捉系統，能讓它模仿做出各種人類的動作；它也能靈活運用雙手來應付干擾或障礙。
劉凡材說，他的研究團隊也研發出一種能辨認人臉和物體，且能應人的要求遞送物品的機器人。（法新社�翻譯：袁星塵）
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