Japanese professor Hiroshi Ishiguro has unveiled a female android that can laugh and smile as it mimics a person's expressions.The robot, called Geminoid TMF, can move its rubber face to replicate a smile, a toothy grin, and a grim look with crumpled brows using a motion-capture system, reports the Daily Mail.
Prof Ishiguro, a professor at Osaka University, developed the android with a team of researchers together with Japan's robot maker Kokoro.
Geminoid TMF was modelled on a young Japanese woman, who afterwards said, "I felt like I had a twin sister."
The developers added they expected the robot to be one day used in real-life situations, such as in hospitals.
"We've already got some data showing that the robot gave patients psychological security by nodding and smiling at them, when patients were checked on by doctors," Satoko Inoue, spokesman for Kokoro, told Dawn.com.
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