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01/09/2008 New Website Format
26/08/2008 Aiko's new hand ver 2.0
10/08/2008 Aiko's new hand ver 1.0
Please, donate to make Aiko become more human, make every penny count!
What am I working on now
Incorporate the new hand into Aiko
Make facial face expression.
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What did you study at university?
I studied Micro Biology and later I studied Analytical Chemistry, Bsc.
That also included Applied General Science, Bsc.
Interestingly, my university studies were not related to robots. I spent 11 years in university and
my last thesis I wrote was "Effect of Aspirins."
What led you to build a robot? What inspired you to create an android?
I built my very first robot in Grade 4 for a Science Fair project.
Since then, I have always maintained an interest in the robotics industry and continued to build robots as a hobby.
I noticed that most robots were made out of metal such as the robots used in a car factory. Because of this, we have no feelings when interacting with them. I decided to design an android that looks human, one that can read, recognize objects and interact with the surroundings. My vision was to create something that we will be able to relate to and consider human-like.
What is "BRAINS" software.
Biometric Robot Artificial Intelligence Neural System (BRAINS) is a unique software which was created to control speech, reading, math, vision, colors, hearing, automation and sensors.
Similar to the human brain, it controls everything from reading temperatures to face and object recognition. In some ways, it is even more powerful than a human brain because it can link to infinite sources of data and conduct complete mathematical processes. It can control Aiko or any other Robot kits such as Kondo KHR2. The BRAINS software is designed to interact with the surrounding environment, process it, and record the information into its internal memory. Once the internal memory is at full capacity, the
information can be transferred into the server data base. The information can be shared for current and future robots.
Why did you decide to build Aiko?
I have enjoyed building robots since I was a child so after creating many different kinds of robots,a human-like android was a natural progression. But my main reason for creating Aiko was to challenge myself and see how acurately I could reproduce a human using mechanics and AI. To produce such an android would require the AI and mechanical aspects to be perfectly in sync. I envisioned a robot that can be used in people's homes that would help them, be of service to them and also have the capability of being
a companion.
What can Aiko do?
There are many applications for an android robot such as Aiko. Aiko can be used in the home environment for companionship or simply cleaning, business offices as reception and assistance or even in International Airports. With proper funding a dream can become reality.
In Home:
Aiko can help kids with their maths, read newspapers, check the weather, distinguish between different medicines etc...
In the office:
Aiko can be used at information desks, alert meeting times, give directions... such as food court, washroom, elevators... etc.
Security in Airports:
Aiko can detect 300 faces per second. Aiko can do a quick filter of known faces at the airport, answer arrival/departure time questions or give locations to certain gates and answer other queries etc.
Companionship:
Yes, it is possible to have Aiko as a companion.
Aiko has sensitive sensors on her faces, body, including her breasts and vagina.
Aiko will know the difference when being touch gently or being tickled.
The BRAINS software and Aiko can be re-designed to simulate her having an orgasm.
The software can be re-designed to "play hard to get" or "straight to the point".
Well, you get the point... no need to go further into details.
How much Aiko will cost?
My estimated cost for mass production of Aiko is about $15,000 - $17,000USD.
Hopefully, one day I will find a sponsor to mass produce Aiko Clone.
What do you see as the future of Robotics?
I believe that it's possible that robots will control all devices in your home from
cleaning your room to controlling your household appliances.
I think intelligent dynamics will be required for many of the tasks so AI will advance further in the future.
I would like to see robots that can be companion for human beings,
especially for elderly people who may require help around their home.
I think it would be necessary to have a robot that can upload its memory to a central server with unlimited storage.
This way, in the case of the robot breaking down, it would be possible to download its memory from
the central server to the new robot. That would allow the robot to maintain memories and knowledge.
Currently, the hardest part to building a robot is the AI. It is very easy to build basic artificial intelligence, but making it learn from the surroundings is more complicated. In the future, I would like to see a dynamic AI that allows the robot to learn and grow mentally.
When will an android be build like in the movies?
The key difference between a robot and humans is that we have feelings
and emotions. It is currently impossible to build robot that will have the
same feelings and emotions as us, but we can start by building a robot
that looks human and does artistic human things such as read music and sing for us. I have started
research in this area, and hopefully will have a demo running within 1-2 years.
It will be called "Project EVE". My dream is to build EVE and have EVE sing songs on stage.
If you any questions about Project Aiko, please do not hesitate to email to us.
info@projectaiko.com
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