Project Aiko

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Project Aiko (Japanese: 愛子) is Canada's first functional female android and was developed by Le Trung, a chemist graduate from York University. The project is also headed by Le Trung, who has designed the software and the hardware for the android. The name, Aiko, is derived from the combination of the word "Ai" love and "ko" child.

Image of Aiko
Image of Aiko

According to Le, Aiko is Canada's first android that can mimic pain, and the ability to learn pain and avoid them. Aiko first public appearance was held at the Toronto International Center Exhibition in 2007 during the Hobby Show. Aiko's physical body and gear was built in a period of 3 months at a cost of $25,000 in US funds. However, Mr. Le is continuing adding new hardware and software, thus making the android to be more human like.

Mr. Le said Aiko's body is made from silicone through Japanese Doll company, which looks similar to human skin. The android weighs 30 kilograms and has a height of 151 centimeters.

The creator also said that Aiko can recognize speech, voice, face, motion and objects. It can also solve math problems display to it visually. Furthermore, Aiko can access to the server to get weather information worldwide. By using the B.R.A.I.N.S software (Biometric Robot Artificial Intelligence Neural System), which Mr. Le has designed, Aiko has the ability to learn simple new information from the surrounding. The android can speak Japanese and English, with 13,000 sentences to respond to questions verbally. Aiko has many sensors in her body and arms, to interact with human when being touch.

Mr. Le has said that he hopes to have Aiko walk one day. In addition, he will also improve the B.R.A.I.N.S software to work better with the hardware.



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