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March 6, 2026
Robot, and a Buddhist one at that
Budoroid is the name of a specially made humanoid Buddhist robot with artificial intelligence, constructed by experts from Kyoto University with scientists from Terraverse and XNОВА companies. This robot is designed to be able to converse with people and interact with them, which it demonstrated during its presentation to the public. It is based on the humanoid robot 'Unitree G1', produced by the company 'Unitree Robotics', but it represents a version that has been perfected and is intended for communication with people regarding Buddhism. It is designed so that its responses are first generated using formulations from Buddhist texts, and then supplemented with interpretations and explanations using the 'OpenAI' language model.
TL;DR
- Budoroid is a humanoid Buddhist robot with AI, built by experts from Kyoto University, Terraverse, and XN OVA.
- It is designed to converse and interact with humans about Buddhism, using Buddhist text formulations and OpenAI's language model.
- The robot can perform human-like actions, including bowing, clasping hands, sitting, and engaging in conversations.
- It is considered the first 'religious artificial robot' with near-humanoid movements, capable of walking and natural dialogue.
- The technology has potential applications in other fields, such as creating AI for economic consulting.
- This follows a previous attempt in 2019 by Japanese experts to create a praying and speaking Buddhist robot.
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