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= Shalu Robot =

Shalu is an Indian multilingual humanoid robot, developed by Dinesh Patel, a Kendriya Vidyalaya computer science teacher from Mumbai, India. It is reported that the robot is able to speak in 9 Indian languages (including Hindi, Marathi, Bengali, Bhojpuri) and 38 foreign languages (including English, Japanese, German). Dinesh claims that the robot is custom-made with aluminum, plastic, and other materials and none of the components is 3D-printed to keep the cost low. The robot uses multiple Raspberry Pi and Arduino Microcontrollers for computation. The programming of the robot has been done using open-source libraries like TensorFlow, NLTK, etc. Dainik Bhasker reports that the next version of the robot is currently in development.

History
The robot’s creator, Dinesh Patel states S. Shankar directed Robot (Enthiran) and Hanson Robotics developed social humanoid robot, Sophia, as his prime motivation for building the robot. He worked on the robot for 3 years. The first version of the robot was introduced to the world on 23 Nov 2020 by means of a telecast on DD News.

Features
It is reported that the robot can interact in 47 languages. The robot can recognize people and remember them, answer factual questions and engage in casual talks. The robot can shake hands, express emotions like happiness and anger, and make jokes. DD News reports that the robot can act as a personal assistant, reply to queries either verbally or through emails. Dinesh claims that the robot can engage in conversations based on a predefined scripted, solve simple math problems/equations, tell about chemistry elements, and conduct a short quiz on specified areas. He claims that the robot can deliver weather reports based on the date and daily news, readout sun sign horoscopes, recipes, book author name, movies reviews, product description.

It is reported that the robot is meant to be deployed in schools to teach students. DD News reports that the robot can be used as a companion for senior citizens and young children.