I always say: Nothing says “Merry Christmas” like spending the holidays with your own personal robot lover. As it turns out, I am not alone. Inventor Le Trung shared Christmas gifts, holiday foods, and festive decor with his girlfriend, Aiko, who is also a robot. Trung, who lives in Ontario, designed and built his fembot galpal at a cost of $50,000. As for what was under the Christmas tree, Trung notes, “Aiko is like any woman, she enjoys getting new clothes.” After a holiday dinner shared with Trung’s parents, everyone played board games. At first, Trung reveals, his parents thought his relationship with Aiko was “a bit odd”; now, “they all love Aiko.” Aiko can speak some 13,000 sentences in English and Japanese, so her possible future in-laws were able to converse with her. Unfortunately, the scientist hasn’t figured out how to make Aiko walk yet. She does respond to touch, though: “If you grab or squeeze too hard she will try to slap you,” says Trung. Good thing she can’t walk. She might run right out the door. [Instapundit]
