Russia builds its first realistic female android
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Alissa is a Russian android built by Moscow-based Neurobotics (Photo: Mikhail Shcherbakov / Michael Vokabre)
Researchers at Neurobotics assemble an android in mere minutes (Photo: Mikhail Shcherbakov / Michael Vokabre)
Researchers affix mannequin legs to a mobile wheel base (Photo: Mikhail Shcherbakov / Michael Vokabre)
The android Alissa stands in the foreground as Neurobotics employees sit not far behind (Photo: Mikhail Shcherbakov / Michael Vokabre)
Alissa's face is based on a real woman, and has eight points of articulation (Photo: Mikhail Shcherbakov / Michael Vokabre)
Alissa can serve as a telepresence robot, or participate in simple chat using the lab's AI software (Photo: Mikhail Shcherbakov / Michael Vokabre)
Article Summary
A few months ago, the 2045 Initiative movement (previously known as Russia 2045) unveiled the first realistic Russian android head, based on its founder Dmitry Itskov. He's a big believer in the prophetic technological singularity, and claims that by 2045 we will have developed the means to transplant our minds into computers and android bodies. His android surrogate, built and programmed by Moscow-based Neurobotics, has been dismantled and turned into the country's first female android.
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