Japanese develop 'female' android

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Japanese develop 'female' android

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/4714135.stm
Scanned by: Austra Zubkovs over 10 years ago

Japanese scientists have unveiled the most human-looking robot yet - a "female" android named Repliee Q1Expo. She has flexible silicone for skin rather than hard plastic, and a number of sensors and motors to allow her to turn and react in a human-like manner.

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1.	“Professor Hiroshi Ishiguro of Osaka University says one day robots could fool us into believing they are human.” Crazy!

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