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Dec 29, 2015 · When Nadine meets Nadia: A social robot from #NTUsg that is powered by intelligent software, Nadine will be a great personal assistant or companion for the young and elderly in future. She has her own personality, memory and emotions. See how she has a real conversation with her creator, Nadia Thalmann, an NTU professor. http://bit.ly/NTUbots
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Meet Nadine, a social robot designed by Professor Nadia Thalmann of Nanyang Technological University. This robot, made to look somewhat like her creator, has her own personality. She can greet you, wave her hands, answer questions, and even remember your name and details from previous conversations.
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Nadia Petrova (Bulgarian: Надя Петрова) was a major recurring character of The Vampire Diaries. She was a vampire and a member of The Travelers who was Katerina Petrova's daughter, making her an ancestor of Elena Gilbert and a descendant of Amara.
Although most of Nadia's life is unknown, she revealed that she had spent the last 500 years searching for her mother; it also wasn't known from which Original's sireline she attained her vampirism, though it would be fair to assume that it came from the still-surviving Originals (Elijah, Klaus or Rebekah). She was seemingly not very well accustomed to modern American culture, but was more versed in past history, as she knew about the story of Silas, Amara and Qetsiyah. She also knew a great deal about Katerina's life in the past centuries, even though she had supposedly never personally met her before the events of Original Sin.
As a human, Katerina implied that she had been traumatized by the loss of her daughter, and that finding out whether she was alive or not had been of great importance to her. Likewise, Nadia was just as desperate to track down her biological mother, even going so far as to have herself turned into a vampire to give herself more time to find her. To this end, Nadia became an associate of The Travelers, the community of witches from whom she was descended, and began to work with a Traveler named Gregor, who eventually became her lover. The two were tasked with finding the immortal Silas, who had recently been awakened from 2,000 years of desiccation, and whom the Travelers were determined to cure and kill. Soon enough, Nadia's true intentions of locating Katherine were revealed, with the two reuniting after over 500 years shortly afterward.
When it became clear that Katherine, who had been forced to take the cure by Elena Gilbert and had become human again, was quickly dying of old age, it was Nadia who had the idea for Katherine (who was technically a Traveler witch, even if she had never tapped into her powers) to use a Passenger spell to live on within her own vampire body. However, Katherine refused to take away her daughter's chance at life and instead became a Passenger in Elena's body, a decision that would later result in Nadia being bitten by the hybrid Tyler Lockwood when it became clear that Nadia was up to something. Dying from the bite and having no chance at locating a cure in time, Nadia ultimately died from her wound, but not before Katherine used Elena's vampire body and Dream Manipulation to show Nadia what could have been their perfect day in the 15th century, had Katherine been allowed to raise Nadia as she had wanted. Nadia's fate after the destruction of the Other Side remains unknown.
Nadia Petrova was a young strikingly beautiful woman with brown curly hair and deep brown eyes with dark thick lashes, She bared some resemblance to her mother Katherine Pierce (Katerina Petrova), sharing her brown curly hair, oval shaped face with fine bone structure and large almond-shaped brown eyes. She didn't wear a lot of makeup, aside from smokey eyes and glossed lips, as her beautiful face showed off her natural beauty.
She had a keen eye for sensually cut and stylish clothing, much like her mother, and was usually seen wearing gray, white and black tops, leather jackets, and tight-fitting pants or jeans (usually black or grey), all of which were usually paired with high-heeled boots.
Katerina Petrova
"Nadia, letting my father rip you out of my arms, it was the biggest regret of my life. I should've fought harder to keep you, but I didn't. So, I spent the last 500 years making sure that I'd never make that mistake again. I fought for everything, and in the process, I had a long, full life. And, I got to know my beautiful daughter. You spent the last centuries searching for me, don't waste another minute on me. It's your turn to live." —Katerina to Nadia Nadia Petrova is the daughter of Katerina Petrova. Katherine gave birth to Nadia back in 1490, but Nadia was taken from her before Katherine even got the chance to hold her. When Katherine returned to Bulgaria after being exiled to England and escaping Niklaus Mikaelson, she found that he killed her entire family and was devastated. She then began her search for her daughter who was 8 years old at the time, but to no avail, she was unable to find her. Over the years, Nadia was turned into a vampire, learning the story of her mother and searching for her for 500 years. When they met again, Nadia introduced herself and began to test Katherine, telling her she killed her mother in Paris. Katherine saw through this lie and Nadia revealed she did kill her mother, only in 1492 in England after she was exiled by her family. Katherine is shocked to learn that Nadia is her long-lost daughter, and despite her conflicting feelings, she pushed Nadia away after learning of her impending death. Nadia was angered and clearly upset at her mother's attitude and actions towards her, and resented that she seemingly cared more about earning Stefan's forgiveness than her own. However, despite her anger, she wished Katherine would desire to live longer, and was conflicted between her anger at her for wishing to give up her life, or to be at her side.
Gregor
Gregor was Nadia's boyfriend until she betrayed him by killing his physical body. She put his soul into Matt's body by the use of a Passenger spell and communicated with him through Matt's body. Shortly before her death, Nadia hallucinated that Gregor was before her, and she asked for his forgiveness when she was dying. In reality, it was really Matt that Nadia thought was Gregor and being sympathetic to Nadia, Matt pretended to be Gregor and forgave Nadia. This helped Nadia to feel content shortly before her death.
Other Relationships
•Matt and Nadia (Ex-Fling/Former Allies) •Caroline and Nadia (Enemies)
Katherine told Nadia when she returned to Bulgaria in 1498, when Nadia was 8, she searched every village and every cottage for Nadia, but was unable to find her. Katherine also seems genuinely happy to see her daughter, perhaps the reason why she fought to stay alive when Damon fed her to Silas .
I had a couple of “what if..” thoughts regarding Nadine and I wonder what others think. How do we think the story may have changed, how would various characters paths be altered, would it have ended the same? What if Nadine hadn’t kept herself “pure”?
Jan 8, 2016 · Scientists have built a robot that will recognize you and remember your name the second time it meets you. The robot, named Nadine, has something else that makes her stand out from the robotic...
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Mar 8, 2016 · If Nadine – a new social and 'emotionally intelligent' robot from scientists in Singapore – is a sign of things to come, realistic-looking humanoid machines might just have the edge over their obviously artificial counterparts.
