A team from the Korea Institute of Science and Technology (KIST) unveiled their "female" remote-operated humanoid dubbed - by popular choice - Ahra on Monday. The counterpart to the "male" Mahru robot unveiled last January, it has a feminine voice and different body color.
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Information and Communication Minister Chin Dae-je shakes hand with humanoid robot Mahru developed by the Korea Institute of Science and Technology (KIST) at the Ubiquitous Dream exhibition hall, in downtown Seoul on Monday. The hall reopened on Monday after three months of renovation. /Yonhap
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Like Maru, Ara is a network-based robot, meaning a high-performance computer plays the role of an external brain. The "couple" are in effect two separate bodies with a single brain. Under the command of the computer the two help each other with tasks such as moving tables. Ara is 150 cm tall and weighs 67 kg, just like her mate, and can walk in eight directions. When shaking hands with a human, she senses their strength and adjusts her grip accordingly, Prof. Yoo Beom-jae and his team said.
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