A new "female" robot developed by AIST (Japan Institute of Industrial Technology) is called "HRP-4C".
The robot named "HRP-4C" is close to1.58m in height and weighs about 43kg.. It is wearing a black and white spacesuit. Its height and weight are basically the same as those of ordinary Japanese women.
The robot "HRP-4C" has 30 motors to control the movement of limbs. The eight motors on the face of the robot "HRP-4C" can also make it look happy, angry, sad, happy and surprised. In addition, it can walk slowly, blink and say "hello" in a little girl voice. However, this technology does not seem to be perfect at present. In a demonstration performance, when the operator asked the robot to smile or get angry, it refused to pay attention to the very surprised expression, with its mouth wide open and eyes wide open. In another exhibition, the robot "HRP-4C" keeps its knees bent. Developers say that although this highly simulated "female" robot has sensors on its legs, it still lacks the sense of balance that real people have.
It is reported that the price of the robot "HRP-4C" is about 20 million yen (6.5438+0.5 million pounds). The head of Japan Industrial Technology Research Institute also hopes to commercialize it.
HRP-4C is developed according to the user-centered robot open architecture, and adopts real-time Linux, RT(Robot Technology) middleware used by robots, OpenHRP3 which can simulate robots, voice recognition technology, bipedal walking technology adopted by the humanoid robot "HRP series" developed by IRRI, etc. It is said that Honda technology is also used to study the patents of the industry.
The development of HRP-4C is a part of "Industry Transformation Research Project of Industry-University Research Institute"-"User-centered Robot Open Architecture Development (UCROA)" has been implemented in the three-year plan of Industry-University Research Institute since 2006. HRP-4C is one of three robots developed by UCROA.
In 2008, Industrial Research Institute completed the research project UCROA. In the future, it will promote the development of whole-body motion control technology to a high level, and at the same time develop content development support technology to realize its application in the entertainment field.
In addition, HRP-4C also appeared as a fashion model in the 8th Tokyo Fashion Week which opened on March 23rd, 2009.