But for this week – and this week only – you can buy one and get one free. She is on sale at Seiyu for 5 million yen (about $50,000) each. The efficient design makes Chizuko easy to produce. Many Japanese parents are buying them for their sons.” Ishiguro said, “She’d make a great wife for anybody.
When female researchers at Intelligent Robotics Laboratory asked Ishiguro why he didn’t make the female android a thirty-something woman (especially considering Ishiguro is in his late 40s) Ishiguro said, “anybody want some tea?”Ĭhizuko is friendly, kind, always smiling and only talks when she is asked a question by her “partner” (man or woman). Here’s Chizuko with her model:Ĭhizuko with the girl she was modeled after She has long black hair, soft silicone skin, and a set of lifelike teeth that allow her to produce a natural smile. to create the realistic-looking female android says she was modeled after a woman in her twenties. Ishiguro programmed Chizuko to call him, “Stud.” The android was originally called Geminoid F, but Ishiguro renamed her Chizuko (which means “the child of a thousand storks”) and is also the name of Ishiguro’s first girlfriend who dumped him for a five-foot tall accountant. The Japanese roboticist unveiled his creation in April, but it is now on sale everywhere across Japan in Seiyu (Japan’s Wal-Mart). The Japanese roboticist Hiroshi Ishiguro, from the Intelligent Robotics Laboratory, has created a small surrogate girlfriend for men (and women). OSAKA- Robot girlfriends are on sale now in Japan.