TEHRAN (Dispatches) - Iranian robot ‘Sourena’ has been listed among top 10 humanoids in 2020 by the American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME).
Sourena was unveiled by Vice President of Science and Technology Sourena Sattari on November 24, 9.
It had earlier been lauded by Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers.
One of the main goals of the Sourena 4 project is to build a robot with the ability to interact more with the environment and humans.
It is able to recognize human faces and count them, recognize objects and find their position, detect human movement, recognize speech, and respond to them.
ASME is an American professional association that, in its own words, "promotes the art, science, and practice of multidisciplinary engineering and allied sciences around the globe” via "continuing education, training and professional development, codes and standards, research, conferences and publications, government relations, and other forms of outreach.