2005年瑞典的Chalmers大学历时3个月创造了HR-2 机器人。它的自由度为22，因而能够容易地模仿人类的动作走来走去。这个机器人还具有立体视觉，从而使它的视觉能达到手眼协调所需要的程度。HR-2还有一个人造的神经网络，以便营造一个仿真脑，使它能够记住人们的面容并认出他们。

        在声音合成方面，HR-2使用具有阅读文本功能的MP3，它能阅读输入到机器人计算机界面的文本并把文本转化成声音。利用该软件很容易地就可以把老顾客的信息编排到HR-2，并使HR-2能够大声读出电子邮件和基于媒体的其它文本。

The HR-2 robot was constructed over a period of three months at the Chalmers University of Sweden in 2005. It has 22 degrees of freedom, which enable it to easily move around imitating human motions. The robot is also equipped with stereovision giving it a depth of vision for hand-eye coordination. An artificial neural network was evolved to make an artificial brain capable of tracking faces as well as recognizing them.

For voice synthesis the HR-2 uses Text Aloud MP3 which reads text put through the robots computer interface and translates it into a spoken voice. This software makes it easy to program custom messages into the HR-2, as well as giving it the ability to read emails and other text based media out loud.