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| Children getting acquainted with EveR-1 at the exhibition at the Seoul Education and Culture Center on May 4-5 – Photo: Yonhap |
Standing 1.6 meters tall and weighing 50 kilograms, EveR-1 looks remarkably lifelike from a distance with its rosy skin. The only notable drawback of “her” is that she can only move her arms and is not yet able to walk. The reason she cannot walk is that she is a “humanoid robot” just introduced by South Korean scientists.
However, she can understand 400 words, speak common sentences, wink, and express four types of emotions: happiness, anger, regret, and joy, thanks to 15 ultra-thin “nerves” embedded in her silicon face. Thus, after Japan, South Korea has become the second country to produce “humanoid robots,” with an investment of 3 billion won (nearly 3 million USD).
According to Baeg Moon Hong, the head of the research team, they are striving to outpace their Japanese counterparts by enabling the robot to walk on two legs by the end of this year.
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