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    <pubDate>Fri, 4 Jul 2008 22:14:39 GMT</pubDate>
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      <pubDate>Mon, 1 Oct 2007 07:03:54 GMT</pubDate>
      <title>1 Oct 2007</title>
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      <description>Project Aiko.&#xD;
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&lt;p&gt; &lt;p&gt; This is a short 6 minutes video.&#xD;
A full video demonstration is 45 minutes, but I don't have &#xD;
the time, so 6 minutes it is.&#xD;
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&lt;p&gt; &lt;p&gt; It is still a long way to make it perfect, but one step at &#xD;
a time.&#xD;
Next month I will show how the internal software of Aiko &#xD;
works.&#xD;
Including Motion Tracing, Object Tracking and recognition. &#xD;
And Face Extraction and Recognition&#xD;
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&lt;p&gt; &lt;p&gt; I still need to make the movement more smooth. But one &#xD;
step at a time.&#xD;
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&lt;p&gt; &lt;p&gt; Also, Aiko will make her first public appearance at the &#xD;
International Center on Nov 2007.&#xD;
Aiko will do 45 minutes of Full demonstration.&#xD;
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&lt;p&gt; &lt;p&gt; Thank for reading.&#xD;
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&lt;p&gt; &lt;p&gt; &lt;a href="http://www.projectaiko.com/images/AikoWhite.jpg" &gt;Aiko&#xD;
 Picture&lt;/a&gt;&#xD;
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&lt;p&gt; &lt;p&gt; &lt;a href="http://www.projectaiko.com/demo.html" &gt;Aiko Video &#xD;
Demo 2&lt;/a&gt;&#xD;
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      <pubDate>Mon, 23 Jul 2007 15:25:10 GMT</pubDate>
      <title>23 Jul 2007</title>
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      <description>Project Aiko: Female Android&#xD;
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&lt;p&gt; &lt;p&gt; &lt;p&gt; &lt;p&gt; I manage to get back the body in one piece.&#xD;
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&lt;p&gt; &lt;p&gt; I will have demo video of Aiko doing some &#xD;
basic and simple houseworks within a few weeks.&#xD;
&#xD;
&lt;p&gt; &lt;p&gt; I just need to config the software to work with &#xD;
Aiko new&#xD;
body.&#xD;
In additional, I will add more sensors to Aiko.&#xD;
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&lt;p&gt; &lt;p&gt; &lt;p&gt; In the meantime I have taken some pictures.&#xD;
&#xD;
&#xD;
&lt;p&gt; &lt;p&gt; &lt;p&gt; &#xD;
&lt;a href="http://www.projectaiko.com/images/aikoall.jpg" &gt;Aiko &#xD;
Images&lt;/a&gt;&#xD;
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      <pubDate>Fri, 13 Jul 2007 14:32:13 GMT</pubDate>
      <title>13 Jul 2007</title>
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      <description>Today, we manage to design a newer gear motor into Aiko's&#xD;
neck. Giving Aiko a total of 130kg.cm of torque for the head&#xD;
movement. Thus, making the head moves smoother. We will have&#xD;
a video demo of the new gear motor sometime next week.&#xD;
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      <pubDate>Fri, 13 Jul 2007 13:58:07 GMT</pubDate>
      <title>13 Jul 2007</title>
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      <description>What is Project-Aiko? &#xD;
&lt;BR&gt;&lt;BR&gt;&#xD;
Here at Project Aiko, we are trying to design an &#xD;
artificial intelligence neural network system which uses &#xD;
both dynamic software and hardware linked together to &#xD;
mimic some human behaviour. &#xD;
&lt;BR&gt;&lt;BR&gt;&#xD;
By using our custom designed artificial intelligence &#xD;
software named the Bio Robot Artificial Intelligence &#xD;
Neural System (a.k.a. B.R.A.I.N.S.) together with our &#xD;
custom designed shell which is a facsimile of the human &#xD;
female body, we have created what we believe to be a &#xD;
uniquely designed android (a.k.a. Aiko). &#xD;
&lt;BR&gt;&lt;BR&gt;&#xD;
Aiko&amp;rsquo;s head and body were made from silicone, which gives &#xD;
the body a more natural look and feel of a human figure. &#xD;
Aiko has the ability to have a conversation with you &#xD;
(13,000+ sentences), including the ability to learn new &#xD;
things. Aiko can read books, newspapers, including the &#xD;
ability to solve math problems. In additional, she can &#xD;
recognize colour, faces and simple objects. &#xD;
&lt;BR&gt;&lt;BR&gt;&#xD;
In the future, we hope to be able to implement advanced &#xD;
functionality such as being able to distinguish between &#xD;
two different drinks and then being able to bring it to &#xD;
you. Other functionality would be an ability to massage &#xD;
your shoulders and neck, having Aiko tell you to bring an &#xD;
umbrella when it rains or wear warmer clothes when it is &#xD;
cold outside. That and much more is planned. &#xD;
&lt;BR&gt;&lt;BR&gt;&#xD;
Our approach to this project is to have things be modular &#xD;
which gives us the ability to add more functionality and &#xD;
sub-systems in the future as permitted by our resources, &#xD;
such as a taste bud and breathing system. &#xD;
&lt;BR&gt;&lt;BR&gt;&#xD;
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