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Robot Monk Xian'er

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Robot Monk Xian’er is a cartoon character and a humanoid robot developed by Beijing Longquan Monastery in Beijing, China. The computer program underlying the robot become a chatbot available on certain platforms including Wechat[1][2] and Facebook. The chatbot interacts with people and help people's emotional and spiritual questions through Buddhist wisdom. Over years, Xuecheng, the abbot of Beijing Longquan Monastery, replied thousands of questions on Sina Weibo[3]. These questions and their answers consist in the data source of Xian'er. The physical robot, located in the Beijing Longquan Monastery, is modeled after a Buddhist monk with a shaved head in orange yellow robe. This cartoon character also appears in many different comic books created by Beijing Longquan Monastery.


References

  1. ^ "WeChat robotic monk is now chatting in English". The Telegraph. Retrieved 27 January 2018.
  2. ^ "Robot monk to spread Buddhist wisdom to the digital generation". The Guardians. Retrieved 27 January 2018.
  3. ^ "学诚法师 新浪微博". Retrieved 27 January 2018.