Chinese university unveils amazingly lifelike robot named “Jia Jia”

Meet Jia Jia the 'robot goddess': Chinese inventor claims AI humanoid is the most realistic ever made (and has programmed it to refer to him as 'my lord')

• Jia Jia can speak, shows micro-expressions, move its lips and body
• It's programmed to recognize human/machine interaction, has autonomous position and navigation and offers services based on cloud technology
• Researher say they would not consider mass production, yet
  

A new interactive robot named Jia Jia was unveiled Friday by the University of Science and Technology of China (USTC) in Hefei, capital of east China’s Anhui Province.

“Jia Jia” looks very much like a real woman and can speak English and Mandarin Chinese.

This life-like cyborg is the brain child of Chen Xiaoping and his colleagues at the University of Science and Technology of China, who unveiled the technology today in Hefei, capital of east China's Anhui Province.

During the unveiling, Xiaoping said hello to his robot goddess, which immediately responded, 'Yes my lord, what can I do for you?'

It took the team three years to complete the robot, which can speak, show micro-expressions, move its lips and body, yet seems to hold its head in a submissive manner.

The humanoid is programmed to recognize human/machine interaction, has autonomous position, navigation and offers services based on cloud technology.

Hello everyone, I'm Jia Jia. Welcome!' the robot said as it greeted the audience at the university's multi-media center today, reports Xinhuanet.

There is no word yet about what Jia Jia's main purpose will be, but the public shouldn't get their hopes up about owning one. The researchers have clearly stated that Jia Jia will not be massed produced

Hello everyone, I'm Jia Jia. Welcome!' the robot said as it greeted the audience at the university's multi-media center today, reports Xinhuanet. 'Don't come too close to me when you are taking a picture. It will make my face look fat,' Jia Jia said.

It took the team three years to research and develop this new-generation interactive robot, which can speak, show micro-expressions, move its lips, and move its body, according to team director Chen Xiaoping.

Compared to previous interactive robots, Jia Jia’s eyeballs roll naturally and its speech is in sync with its lip movements, in addition to her human-like form, Chen said.

• "Jia Jia" looks very much like a real woman.
  
  
  
• "Hello everyone, I'm Jia Jia. Welcome!" the eye-catching robot said as it greeted the audience at the university's multi-media center.
• "Don't come too close to me when you are taking a picture. It will make my face look fat," Jia Jia said.
• Jia Jia was developed by a robot research and development team at the USTC, which also developed the model service robot "Kejia."
  
• "We hope to develop the robot so it has deep learning abilities. We will add facial expression recognition and make it interact more deeply with people," said Chen.
• Chen said he hoped Jia Jia would become a wise "robot goddess."
• He also revealed that Jia Jia was "priceless" and the team would not consider mass production, yet.
• Jia Jia will be on show at the 2016 China (Shanghai) International Technology Fair from April 21 to 23.