BBC News reports Russian television has unveiled Alex, a news-reading robot that appears on its state-owned news channel, Rossiya 24. The report quotes Rossiya 24 that Alex was made in Russia with “software and almost all of its components produced inside the country.”
The robot’s facial features are modelled on the company founder that developed the technology.
Robot news presenter causes a stir on Russian TV
BBC NEWS| April 18, 2019
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