Chinese man 'marries' robot he built himself

A Chinese artificial intelligence engineer has given up on the search for love and "married" a robot he built himself. Zheng Jiajia, 31, decided to commit after failing to find a human spouse, his friend told Qianjiang Evening News. Zheng had also become tired of the constant nagging from his family and pressure to get married, so he turned to a robot he built late last year and named Yingying. After two months of "dating", he donned a black suit to "marry" her at a ceremony attended by his mother and friends at the weekend in the eastern city of Hangzhou. While not officially recognised by the authorities, the union had all the trappings of a typical Chinese wedding, with Yingying's head covered with a red cloth in accordance with local tradition.