Geminoid TMF Robot
Japanese researchers have developed a humanoid robot that can laugh and smile as it mimics a person's facial expressions. Geminoid TMF, smiled and furrowed its brow in almost concurrent mimicry of the woman, whose face was filmed with a video camera which then provided information on her expressions to the robot through electric signals.
The developers are hoping to have these in hospitals and the like in the not-too-distant future so they could be used in real-life situations. "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," said Satoko Inoue, spokeswoman for Kokoro, one of the two companies involved in the development.
Copies of the robot are expected to be sold for about 10 million yen (110,000 dollars).
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