Erica the robot to become TV news anchor in Japan

In April this year in Japan, a full-fledged news anchor will be a modern robot named Erica.

This information is provided to the public by a foreign popular publication Mirror. In turn, the humanoid robot looks very realistic. The designer of the robot is Dr. Hiroshi Ishiguro. He believes that Erica has a "soul." To date, there is no information on which channel such an anthropoid robot will perform. It is also unknown how long Erica's debut on Japanese television is planned.

According to the developers, Eric is happy to interact with people, she is always waiting for this with impatience. Erica is very interested in studying the outside world. For today, it can not move with its feet, or with its hands. At the same time the robot is able to determine where the sound comes from, understands with whom it talks, is able to track people moving around the room.

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