If you do no know who Ibn Sina is, then let me enlighten you about the great Arabic thinker of the 11th century. So great were his works that he managed to land a tribute to himself that’s got its share of AI and robotics in it. Meet Ibn SIna-the robot. He looks as real as any regular Arab, walking the gulf streets. It took nine years to develop by French firm Acapela. The robot is so well groomed, to match it’s patron that there is no doubt that we’re not all that far away from almost-human bots in the future.

According to Dr. Nikolaos Mavridis "Ibn Sina was a scientist, philosopher and doctor and is a very good role model". Well, we may see some of the values rubbing off on those who get to meet the robot version.

[Gulfnews]