It is circulated on the Internet that Japan has invented a "wife" robot, with a beautiful and elegant appearance, and interactive dialogue, and can switch different expressions and actions according to the language. Some media claimed that she had all the characteristics of a wife except for being unable to have children.

But in fact, the above is completely fake news. The robot is not the "wife robot" mentioned in the media, but an intelligent robot developed by the team of the father of Japanese robots, Ishiguro Hiroshi, named Erika (ERICA), which was first made in 2015. Debut. According to a statement issued by Ishiguro and his team, ERICA is a 23-year-old woman who will always remain 23 years old, with a height of 166 cm, a bust of 84 cm, and a shoulder width of 36 cm, able to communicate with people in English and Japanese.

ERICA has the ability of speech recognition, can answer visitors' questions, and even chat with each other. In the short film "The Performers", ERICA even asked her question to the camera: I was thinking, what is the difference between you and me. This problem has shocked people for a long time, because the ability to think about problems is something that humans have, but robots do not. But don't worry, she currently does not have the ability to think, the above may be the procedures set for her.

It's just that the "wife robot" reported by the media can do everything except childbirth. This is not in line with the actual situation of ERICA. She is not a companion robot, but a research robot. The current technology can only support her owning 19 % Freedom, and her feet are difficult to support the weight of the whole body, which makes it difficult for her to move autonomously; her hands cannot move naturally, so it is difficult to operate complex tools, such as cooking, cleaning up housework, etc.

However, the producer also said that because ERICA has no life experience and it is difficult to integrate the emotions in the film, it is necessary to teach her movements and emotions in a one-to-one manner, and to control her reactions through programs so that she can Better integrate into the movie.

In terms of interaction design, Jiajia received a lot of speech training like ERICA, and found her bugs through brute force testing, and then corrected them; then tested and corrected them. Today Jiajia can understand most of what she says, but like ERICA, it is also difficult for her to achieve mass production. The reason is the high price.

According to reports, the production cost of today's robots cannot be greatly reduced, so robots currently only exist in laboratories and cannot be seen on the market.