Simone the A.I. Fembot : A Life-size Female Robot that Anyone Can Build
• Anyone can build Simone for < $2,000 (Sophia costs $80,000)
• She has AI that allows her to recognize speech, see things around her, see people, faces, determine people’s emotions.
Thomas Messerschmidt
Thomas Messerschmidt Roboticist, Speaker, and Entrepreneur Thomas’ accomplishments include 1. Founder and current president of the Riverside Robotics Society. The RRS is a club with over 500 online members and over 50 local members offering classes, contests, and lectures in robotics. 2. Founder of the Riverside Robot Expo 3. Riverside Robot Expo event coordinator for six years 4. Founder of the CIR robotics lecture group 5. Member and past club officer of the Robotics Society of Southern California 6. Member of the Tech Room robotics club in San Bernardino 7. Robotics teacher and lecturer for over 10 years (private lessons) 8. Founder of www.robots-and-androids.com, a web site and eBay store with over 45,000 page views per month. 9. Creator of the life-like humanoid robots, Robot Betty9 and Simone the A.I. Fembot 10. Ex-employee of Nolan Bushnell’s Androbot robotics company 11. Provider of animatronic software and hardware for the film industry 12. CEO Space graduate 13. Programmer for Honda 14. A.I. “chatbot” programmer 15. Alexa (Amazon Echo) programmer 16. 5000 Facebook followers and friends, Thomas (AKA “Riv Artoo”)
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What inspired you to make this project?
I was inspired by Hanson's Sophia robot.
What are some of the challenges you have encountered and how did you address them?
With robotics, there are hundreds of challenges. I worked through each one.