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| Children interacting with EveR-1 at the exhibition at the Seoul Cultural Education 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 significant drawback is that she can only move her arms and is not yet able to walk. This limitation is due to her being a “female robot resembling a human,” recently introduced by South Korean scientists.
Nevertheless, she can understand 400 words, speak simple sentences, blink, and express four types of emotions: happiness, anger, regret, and joy, thanks to 15 tiny “nerves” embedded in her silicon face. Thus, after Japan, South Korea has become the second country to produce “human-like robots,” with a budget of 3 billion won (nearly 3 million USD).
According to Baeg Moon Hong, the lead researcher, the team is 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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