Toshiba Corp. unveiled a new multilingual android Friday who introduces herself and gives out information in three languages to tourists visiting Tokyo¡¯s popular Odaiba waterfront district.
Making her debut at an information center located inside Aqua City Odaiba commercial complex was a female lifelike robot named ChihiraJunco, who converses in Japanese, English and Chinese.
¡°I am honored to be your guide for Aqua City Odaiba,¡± ChihiraJunco said in British-accented English. ¡°I am going through training right now until Nov. 6, and starting in December, I will be here to help you navigate through this Odaiba area.¡±
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