一豪华酒店用真人机器人迎宾

A luxury hotel in the capital of Anhui Province has been using a stunning humanoid to welcome guests.在安徽省的省会合肥，一家豪华酒店推出了仿真机器人来迎宾。

Apparently, the talking robot is so 'human-like' and 'pretty' many guests have failed to realise it is a machine at first, according to Chinese media.据某媒体报道，这个机器人显然太像真人了，长得又“漂亮”，许多顾客一开始还以为她是真人。

Mr Yin, a deputy manager of the hotel, told MailOnline that Madame Wei started to 'work' in the lobby from September last year, and has been highly popular among their guests. 

酒店经理殷小姐说，这个机器人“魏小姐”自去年九月开始上岗后非常受人欢迎。

Madame Wei was built by Hefei-based technology company Ke Da Guo Chuang.

“魏小姐”由科大国创合肥技术公司研制。

The company's general manager, Mr Gao, told MailOnline that his company was contacted by Chinese Calligraphy Building to make a robotic receptionist last year. His company then purchased the components and assembled the robot.

公司总经理高先生告诉记者，该公司去年曾和中国书法协定，设计一款机器人接待员。之后他们公司就开始购买部件组装机器人。

Mr Gao said Madame Wei's facial features were custom-made by one of his suppliers after the hotel said they wanted it to look 'gentle', 'elegant' and 'classical'.

高先生称“魏小姐”的面部特征是根据客户需求定制的，他们想让机器人看起来更加“温和”，“高贵”并且“古典”。

Mr Gao declined to reveal the technical details of Madame Wei, insisting his company used 'existing technology' to build the robot.

但他拒绝透露和“魏小姐”相关的技术细节，他坚称公司是利用“已有技术”来制作机器人的。

However, Madame Wei's appears to be highly similar another life-like talking robot Jia Jia, which is developed by The University of Science and Technology of China in Hefei.

然而，“魏小姐”与之前中国科技大学推出的另一款机器人“佳佳”出奇地相似。

It took the team three years to complete Jia Jia, which can speak, show micro-expressions, move its lips and body, yet seems to hold its head in a submissive manner. Jia Jia was unveiled in April, 2016.

据说，中科大花了三年研制出了佳佳，佳佳可以做出各种微表情，移动嘴唇和身体，尽管这些动作看起来都像是在点头。佳佳于2016年4月问世。