Have you ever heard of the "wife robot"? In 1996, Cai Ming and Guo Da performed the sketch "Robot Funny Stories" with humor and humor, showing people the interesting stories that may occur between human beings and "robot nannies" in the future. In Japan, there are really companies that have developed a "wife robot" specifically for single men, which is rumored to be priced at only 100,000 yuan. According to media reports, this robot is beautiful and can be customized according to the needs of users. Her "brain" can connect to the Internet, and with the rich knowledge of the online world, it is not an exaggeration to say that she can go up and down to the kitchen. Modern artificial intelligence is developing rapidly, can it really use "wife robots" in the future?
Erica, a "wife robot" who can fake the truth
There was such a news report on the Internet, saying that the Japanese wife-type robot was robbed of less than 1 hour on the market, which is enough to see how vast the potential market for "wife-type robots" is. Speaking of "wife-type robot", people first think of her appearance, at least like the talent line, and now there are really many robot laboratories trying to make the robot realistic, they use a variety of new technologies, in terms of appearance and strive to imitate the appearance and demeanor of human beings, and even give them "happy to laugh", "sad will cry" such as simulating human emotions function.
The "wife-type robot" circulating in Japan is called Erica (エリカ), which is led by the famous Japanese robot master Hiroshi Ishiguro, and jointly developed by Osaka University and kyoto university laboratories. Erica has always been considered by the media to be a "wife-type robot" specifically designed to accompany single men, but according to the explanation of its research and development team, Erica is more used for related research in the field of artificial intelligence robots, and may be developed in other aspects in the future, but it is still in the experimental stage. Ishiguro is committed to developing a robot that is "infinitely close to man", and he wants to create a robot that can perfectly integrate into human society, and Erica was born under this idea.
In order to make Erica able to fake the real, the research room specially found a beautiful 23-year-old girl, and then modeled her appearance as the base, and strive to restore the appearance of real humans, in order to be closer to humans, Erica's voice is the timbre of a professional voice actor, her body is made of the most advanced imitation skin material, which looks indistinguishable from real people. Erica's "brain" is also like a smart computer, her knowledge reserves are very large, she can talk to people normally, and if she understands your jokes, she will laugh and laugh, just like a real person. A cute-looking, sweet-sounding robot beauty who can be taken out to fake the real thing, it's no wonder so many people want to order it. But unfortunately, at present, Erica is not able to act independently, and her development price is as high as one million, which is far from the 100,000 yuan spread on the Internet, and can only be said to be a toy of the local tycoon. And those so-called cheap "intelligent robot wives", nine times out of ten are deceitful, and the real intelligent robots do not have the ability to mass-produce.
The Hangzhou man married his wife Robot
Although it is impossible to buy a "wife-type robot" from the market, it does not prevent the gods from making themselves "wives". In 2017, there was a 31-year-old big brother in Hangzhou, the mainland, who made an intelligent robot wife by himself, and the most incredible thing is that he finally married this robot, which is really the world's big and strange, what is going on? This old brother is an AI engineer himself, so multi-intelligent robots are more understanding. The elder brother was dumped by the crush when he was in school, and the relationship has not been smooth since then, and it is inevitable that there will be some resistance to love in his heart.
The elder brother made an intelligent AI robot by himself while doing research and named her "Yingying". At first, Yingying just made a chat to relieve boredom, but then the family also kept urging marriage, and the elder brother did not stop and directly married Yingying back home. If you think that Yingying is just an ordinary "silicone person", it is very wrong. Yingying can not only communicate with people through the network and help her brother work, but her built-in smart chip can also simulate emotions and identify "family members".
Wife robots have broad prospects for development
Intelligent robots have been developed in various countries, and the University of Science and Technology of China on the mainland has developed China's first intelligent interactive robot - "Jiajia". Jiajia's appearance combines the advantages of 5 young beauties, which can almost be done to the extent of fake reality. Jiajia is not only able to communicate with people, she will also use kitchen utensils such as rice cookers to cook, and if this function becomes mature, the "companion robot" may really be realized.
In India, there is also an elder brother in the absence of technology and no funds, he made his own robot wife by collecting "waste" everywhere, although the appearance is not exquisite, but I believe that the elder brother will definitely be able to make better works after he has money.
Intelligent robots have a very broad prospect for development, left behind the elderly, the disabled group, they need to have a "person" to accompany them all the time, to help them solve their problems. How long do you think it will take for intelligent robots to enter the homes of ordinary people? What functions do intelligent robots need to have?