'Shalu': Indian Teacher Develops Humanoid Robot That Displays Emotions, Speaks 38 Foreign Languages | India
LUCKNOW â Dinesh Patel, a resident of Rajmalpur village of Jaunpur district and a computer science teacher at Kendriya Vidyalaya at IIT Bombay, has developed a robot named âShalu,â which speaks nine local languages and 38 foreign languages. Inspired by the Bollywood movie, âRobot,â Patel developed âShalu,â which is similar to âSophia,â a robot developed by Hanson Robotics of Hong Kong. Patel told IANS, âShalu has been developed using waste materials like plastic, cardboard, wood, aluminum etc. It took three years to develop it and the expendit...