The Ibn Sina Robot is the world's first android

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with

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conversational abilities. Created by roboticists Nikolaos Mavridis and

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founder David Hanson at

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's Interactive Robots and Media Lab, The robot is capable of facial expressions, hand gestures, Arabic language dialogue, face detection and

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. It is part of an Interactive Theatre installation, within a circular room with a diameter of 13 meters, containing a stage, a projection screen, and sensors. Experimentation regarding multiple forms of tele-participation in the theatre is taking place; such as live interactions between physically present robots and humans with avatars in online virtual worlds, and remote control of robots through brain-computer interfacing. The robot was demonstrated in the GITEX 2009 exhibition in Dubai, where it interacted with more than one thousand visitors, and has been featured in world media numerous times such as the UAE National,

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and others.

External links

Video of IbnSina Robot greeting in Arabic and showing facial expressionsVideo of IbnSina Robot Interacting with students in ArabicOfficial website of the Interactive Robots and Media Lab (IRML)IRML videos youtube channel

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{{Humanoid robots Robots of the United Arab Emirates Androids 2009 robots United Arab Emirates University

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