Reporter: good evening america Nigel Clish here with a special report for you tonight on our very special guest tonight. He is the founder of A.P.L (Android Progressive Living) and is about to change life as we know it.
Good Evening Dr. Doutt
Doutt: Good evening Nigel
Reporter: Can you tell us a little about yourself?
Doutt: Certainly hmm, My name is Dr. Garfield Alexander Doutt. I am 52 years old. I am a happily married father with 2 children Garfield Junior and Laura. I started out at M.I.T studying under them until I received my Doctorate in Mechanical Engineering with a Minor in Electrical and Computer Science. I then moved to Korea working as a contractor work under KITECH for there construction of an anroid.
Reporter: Was this EvER-1
Doutt: Yes, it was. this by far was one of my favorites to work on. Of course when I landed in Korea the language barrier was intact but I took it as a challenge to learn the language.
reporter: Tell us about EvER-1
doutt: sure.... EvER-1 was my first real project it was officially revealed to the public in 2003 and is noted as being the first android that could sing.
reporter: wow surely this would be a fantastic feat for any group to accomplish what kept you going.
doutt: honestly just life at the time my girlfriend was pregnant with our first child and I needed to keep pushing to reach my goals.
reporter: what was your next project?
doutt: my next project was DER 01 which I think I did work for under IRL (Intelligent Robotics Lab) from Japan. They released DER 01 back in I want to say 2005-2006
reporter: blurry line?
doutt: compared to where I am now very blurry
reporter: well when did you decide to go out on your own
doutt: well in order to build any spectacle worth seeing or talking about you need money so I went to a source of mines and old friend if you will John Gates.
reporter: john gates?
doutt: yes the playboy himself. I went to john and asked if would be willing to finance a project I had been wanted to do. he obliged but only if he could keep 85% of the profit from the first project then decrease down to size of 35% afterwards
reported: that's quite a high price
doutt: i really didn't care I had faith in myself that everything would work out for the best.
reporter: apparently they did (laugh)
doutt: yea I guess so.
reporter: SO which project was this?
doutt: This project was code name Replicon later to be known as BAR1 which is also known as Bio Android Robotic 1.
reporter: yes we all remember unveiling of BAR1 it was an amazing push in the field of robotics. the amazing part was that you did this all alone
doutt: well I can't take all the credit I managed to keep in touch with a few of my classmates from MIT and asked if they would be willing to help me with build the robot.
reporter: I remember watching you in your suit and the robot actually moving with you on 1-2-1 movements
doutt: yes it was amazing first time ever seeing something like that.
reporter: what came after that?
doutt: well me and my team here at APL took a long period of time to release our next project.
reporter: why?
doutt: we were doing so much with this product everything had to be right.
reporter: what came to be?
doutt: my bread and butter Android 001
reporter: wow! was it that big of a deal to you?
doutt: yes it was. it was a big deal to all of us there at APL. we created the first surrogate android for mass production now everyone can have an android and everyone can be an android.
reporter: explain..
doutt: with this android you are the android you are put to sleep with the comfort of your home to be reawakened as your android. all of your 5 senses are intact you can smell, hear, touch, see, and taste.
reporter: wow when will this product be available to the public
doutt: the summer of next year.
reporter: great well thankyou dr. doutt alway a pleasure seeing you.
doutt: likewise. you have a goodnight
reporter: well this is Nigel Clish signing out goodnight
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