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A gynoid (from Greek γυνη, gynē - woman) is a humanoid robot designed to look like a human female, as compared to an android modeled after a male.[1][2][3][4][5] The term gynoid was coined by Gwyneth Jones in her 1985 novel Divine Endurance to describe a robot slave character in a futuristic China, that is judged by her beauty.[3] The term is not common, however, with android being used to refer to both "genders" of robot. The word fembot (female robot) has also been used.[6]
Female-appearing robots have also appeared in real-life, with early constructions being crude. The first gynoid was produced by Sex Objects Ltd, a British company, for use as a "sex-aid". It was called simply "36C", from her chest measurement, and had a 16-bit microprocessor and voice synthesiser that allowed primitive responses to speech and push button inputs.[7] Later examples include:
- Project Aiko, an attempt at producing a realistic-looking female android. It speaks Japanese and English and has been produced for a price of 13000 euro[8]
- EveR-1[9]
- Actroid, designed by Hiroshi Ishiguro to be "a perfect secretary who smiles and flutters her eyelids"[10]
- HRP-4C[11]
- Meinü robot[12][13]
Female-appearing robots have also generated controversy. In 1983 a "busty female robot" was removed from a display at Berkeley college after a petition was presented claiming it was insulting to women. The robot's creator called this "censorship" by the "feminist movement" and akin to book burning.[14]
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