The EveR series
EveR-1
The EveR series was created by the Korean Institute of Technology to intentionally rival the Actroid-F series. Its name is a result of biblical Eve plus 'R' for robot and its model number. EveR-1's appearance was selected as a composite of the face of two famous Korean actresses and the body of a third. EveR-1 has thirty-five points of movement located in the upper body to interact with the environment a vocabulary of four hundred words. Its intent is to be used as museum guides, information dispensers, or educational tools capable of reading to children. A close-up of the android's face is shown to the left.
EveR-2 Muse
EveR-2 Muse is the first attempt at improving the line. It is billed as an entertainment unit for its ability to sing, giving rise to its extra moniker Muse. It has various upgrades over the original, featuring full coverage of silicone skin instead of only the face and hands like EveR-1 and sixty points of motion for facial expressions and dance moves, including points in the lower body, yet still lacks locomotion. The androids vocabulary was also increased to over a thousand words to make up for its less realistic looking face, which was updated to be less startling (the before version shown on the left and after version shown on the right).
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EveR-3
EveR-3 followed in EveR-2's 'footsteps', created with the ability to sing and dance. The idea behind this model was to be realistic enough that it would suffice to replace actors when performing under the lower visibility settings of a play. It has thus far appeared as the main character in 'Robot Princess and the Seven Dwarfs', a reimagining of the 'Snow White' tale to involve robots as the stars, and participated in a fashion show. It is the first in the line to be capable of mobility, with wheels at its base instead of hard plastic which are often covered by long skirts. It is planned to create a new model that replaces this setup with a walking body. Here is a photo of EveR-3 in the outfit for 'Robot Princess', also partially showing the wheels underneath.