Scientists at the Intelligent Robotics Laboratory (Japan) have recently unveiled the most human-like female robot ever created.
Graceful Beauty: Repliee Q1 – The Robot Beauty 
This robot is named Repliee Q1. Her skin is made not from hard plastic but from silicone material. Thanks to a system of ultra-small motors and sensors, she can move and respond like a human to her surroundings. She blinks her eyelashes and moves her arms and legs gracefully, even showing signs of thinking with a furrowed brow and gentle breathing…
Professor Hirosi Yshihuro of Osaka University has created numerous robots before realizing an important fact: appearance plays a crucial role!
The professor stated: “Repliee Q1 can communicate with humans and respond to human touch. Although we still have some work to do, this machine muse moves more richly and naturally than other robots.”
Before creating Repliee Q1, Professor Hirosi Yshihuro developed the Repliee R1, which resembled a 5-year-old Japanese girl, with relatively natural movement of her head and limbs. Beneath the skin of the left arm of the doll, there are four highly sensitive tactile sensors, allowing the doll to respond according to the strength of human touch.
Shortly after, under the close guidance of the professor, the “Japanese girl” was born with programmable features based on analyzing all human body movements. Currently, the professor continues to refine the project so that Repliee is perceived as a real person.
The Housekeeper Robot: Valerie 
Earlier in 2004, there was an announcement about the launch of the housekeeper robot Valerie, created by robotics expert Chris Willis (Texas, USA). Valerie can brew coffee, fetch the newspaper for her owner, wash dishes, dust, and is quite chatty…
According to Chris Willis, Valerie is equipped with microchips, a digital box, and transmission lines that surpass existing robots like Asimo and Qrio…
However, it seems that to make Valerie a complete product, Willis still needs to source many unique components from various external companies according to his designs.
Valerie has cameras in her eyes and mouth, so whenever she speaks, her eyes, lips, and even hair move correspondingly. More importantly, her hand movements are quite sophisticated.
Valerie’s hands have 40 degrees of freedom. In contrast, the top-tier Japanese robot Asimo has only 35 degrees of freedom, while Valerie boasts a total of 111 degrees of freedom for her entire body.
The owner can command Valerie, and she currently understands English in two accents: British or American. Willis aims to enable Valerie to speak multiple languages in the future.
Following her owner’s instructions, Valerie can keep a to-do list for the day, clean the house, set the dining table, change burnt-out light bulbs, wash dishes, package, and carry items weighing up to 22.6 kg. In emergencies, she can call an ambulance or firefighters…
This housekeeper robot can also access the internet to help her owner book flight tickets or gather the latest information about their favorite sports team. And—believe it or not—this robot can even change her clothes by herself.
Chris Willis has made many optimistic claims, asserting that Valerie will soon be available for purchase at a price of $59,000, with a two-year warranty, and that in about ten years, 10% of the U.S. population will be served at home by housekeeper robots.
By Đăng Bảy (Compilation)
