The golem will add up for all of our job one day , whether you ’re a factory worker or asurgeon . In Japan , that reality now seems to be coming for television news anchors . fit in toLive ScienceandThe Wall Street Journal , a humanoid robot named Erica is on the leaflet of her entry on TV word .
Erica , who was originally work up to work as a receptionist , was create at Osaka University ’s Intelligent Robotics Laboratory and has beencalledthe “ the most lifetime - like ( and creepiest ) automaton ever built . ” Right now , it seems her calling will strive far beyond working a receipt desk . Osaka University’sHiroshi Ishiguro , who address himself the robot ’s “ Padre , ” toldThe Wall Street Journalthat she will make her television debut sometime in 2018 , with the paper saying it will belike go on in April .
Designed to look like a 23 - year - old woman , she has shockingly naturalistic - looking skin and facial formulation . Her language , tinged with an English accent , is a small stilted , but her responses to questions for the most part sound somewhat raw . She can alsotell jokesthat are just as groan - worthy as the ones that vanish back and forth during the give-and-take between intelligence anchors .
She ca n’t walk around the elbow room by herself , but she can sit behind a desk and move her neck , shoulder , and waist autonomously . She has profoundness sensors to serve her sensory faculty where multitude are place upright in a room and can recognize which focusing sound is coming from , turning to face someone speaking to her . She ’s also equipped with fount - recognition applied science .
Considering thatThe Washington Postalready has a golem tidings reporter that write write up and tweets , get a automaton to recite a book in front of a camera seems fairly easy . All she has to do is sit there and show the news . But Erica ’s vivid demeanor may make her a more capable on - air personality than we can conceive of mighty now . It might not be long before she gain her first broadcast journalism honor .
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