Nadine, Beautiful Robot Assistant
Siri has also become one of the innovations that Apple iOS users do not bother to seek help by typing in the search engines. Just by saying 'Hey Siri', a virtual assistant that directly respond to and offer assistance, whether the user wants to search for a location on a map, play music, set an alarm, to ask for help to call.
Siri apparently not alone. A team of robotics successfully assemble a device that functions exactly like Siri. However, the device is shaped humanoid robot and given the name 'Nadine'.
Nadine, described the development team, as quoted from the Mirror, Saturday (02/01/2016), was developed as a robot that has the character, mood and emotion. The robot will be used as an auxiliary device of employees working in the scope of the office.
Nadine name itself is taken from one creator, Nadine Thalmann. In fact, body shape, face, skin to the hair Nadine physically resemble the original.
Because it served as an assistant, Nadine were later assigned to the office sector has some special ability that is based on technology Artificial Intelligence (AI).
The robot can not only respond to requests for users to find the location, schedule or perform other administrative matters like the office, but Nadine was able to remember the details of the conversation between her and users.
In addition, the development team explained that Nadine will also be equipped with humanoid expressions and gestures that truly resembles a human. So that people who are in the vicinity do not feel awkward when talking to Nadine who is actually a robot.
Currently, the robot is still in the testing phase and further developed at the Nanyang Technological University (NTU) of Singapore. Although not related to Apple's Siri, but the development team Nadine claimed that this robot will be a 'beautiful woman is going to be a tough competitor to Siri'.
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