The Fading Line Between Robots and Humans
A Science Museum employee plays a game of ‘paper scissors stone’ with BERTI the robot at The Science Museum’s Antenna Gallery in London. Feb. 17, 2009. BERTI is a life size humanoid robot built to mimic human gestures.
The International Robot Exhibition was held in Tokyo, Japan, on Wednesday. Humanoid robots wowed crowds. While the development of life-like robots is still in its infancy, some models have features remarkably similar to humans. Others have even taken on human characteristics. Take a look at some of these human imitators.
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