Iranian Experts Develop 2nd Humanoid Robot, Sorena 2

July 3, 2010

TEHRAN (FNA)-

Iranian inventors made a man-like robot named 'Sorena 2' which walks on two feet, discerns words and does other manly actions.

Sorena 2 - named after the Parthian Iranian warrior Sorena (84 BCE-54 BCE) who defeated the Roman general Crassus at the Battle of Carrhae- is 1.45 meters tall and weighs around 45 kilograms.

The Iranian experts spent more than 10,000 man-hours to design and build the robot which was unveiled on Saturday in a ceremony to commemorate the 'Industry and Mine Day' in Iran.

The ceremony was attended by Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad and other high-ranking officials.

Sorena 2 was born after another robot named 'Sorena 1' was developed in Iran two years ago.

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