The 'world's sexiest robot' revealed

The 'world's sexiest robot' revealed.

An eerily life-like robot has been turning heads at the World Robot Exhibition in Beijing this week. Named Android Geminoid F, the robot has a legion of fans, with some even describing her as 'sexy'

An eerily life-like robot has been turning heads at the World Robot Exhibition in Beijing this week.

Named Geminoid F, the robot has amassed a legion of fans, with some even describing her as 'the world's sexiest robot'.

The 5ft 6 inch android is capable of eye movements, response to eye-to-eye contact and can recognise body language.

She is designed act like a human with rubber 'skin' and a woman's face - but can't walk and has to be wheeled around.

The robot was created by Hiroshi Ishiguro Laboratory at Osaka University who plan on creating a better model in the future.

'Our final goal is creating some artificial intelligence by using this robot,' Kohei Ogawa, assistant professor said. 

'Most voice recognition systems do not work, especially in this kind of noisy environment.

'In the future we're going to create some perfect AI system by using this robot.'

The five-foot six-inch android is capable of eye movements, response to eye-to-eye contact and can recognise body language. She is designed act like a human with rubber 'skin' and a woman's face - but it is unable to walk and has to be wheeled around

Robot engineer Hiroshi Ishiguro (left), US actress Bryerly Long (2nd right) and Japanese actor Nijiro Murakami (right) help android actress Geminoid F wave to the audience before the premiere of new movie 'Sayonara'

The current version of Geminoid F cost $108,600 (£72,000), which Ishiguro hopes may take the technology closer to the mainstream.

She can smile, furrow her brows and move her mouth. It can also talk and sing - playing recordings, or 'mouthing' other people's voices.

The robot is equipped with motorised actuators, powered by air pressure, which allow her to 'copy' human facial expressions.

Geminoid F has already taken the film industry by storm, becoming the first android to star in a film.

Earlier this year, she co-starred in a Japanese movie named 'Sayonara', about the after-effects of a nuclear power plant meltdown.

Geminoid F - or Leona in the film - is referred to by director Koji Fukada as an 'actress,' and the android is even listed as a member of the cast in the end credits.

COULD HUMANS SOMEDAY FALL IN LOVE WITH ROBOTS? 

The film 'Ex Machina', in which a computer programmer falls 

in love with a droid, may not be as far-fetched as you think

The film 'Ex Machina', in which a computer programmer falls in love with a droid, may not be as far-fetched as you think.

A new study has found that humans have the potential to emphasise with robots, even while knowing they don't have feelings.

It follows previous warnings from experts that humans could develop unhealthy relationships with robots, and even fall in love with them.

The discovery was made after researchers asked people to view images of human and humanoid robotic hands in painful situations, such as being cut by a knife.

After studying their electrical brain signals, they found humans responded with similar immediate levels of empathy to both humans and robots.

But the beginning phase of the so-called 'top-down' process of empathy was weaker toward robots.

The study was carried out by researchers at Toyohashi University of Technology and Kyoto University in Japan, and provides the first neurophysiological evidence of humans' ability to empathise with robots.

These results suggest that we empathise with humanoid robots in a similar way to how we empathise with other humans.

The robot was created by Hiroshi Ishiguro Laboratory at Osaka University who plan on creating a better model in the future. 'Our final goal is creating some artificial intelligence by using this robot,' Kohei Ogawa, assistant professor said

The robot is equipped with motorised actuators, powered by air pressure, which allow her to 'copy' human facial expressions 

While robots have featured prominently in many films, most are played by real actors or created using visual effects. 

Prof Ishiguro has designed several robots made to look like humans in the past - even building one in his own image.

The professor has said that one day robots could fool us into believing they are human. 

In the film, shown in the competition section of the Tokyo International Film Festival, the robot stays loyal to its owner - played by Bryerly Long - as the nation evacuates following a nuclear disaster.

Fukada said working with the android was easier than directing people, although he said had to watch not to break the robot as its repairs would come with a 10 million yen ($83,000 or £55,000) bill.

'The android doesn't complain, never gets hungry and doesn't need to sleep at all,' he said at the film festival office.

The robot co-stars alongside a human in the film 'Sayonara' set in the aftermath of a deadly nuclear power plant meltdown in Japan

Fukada said working with the android was easier than directing people, although he said had to watch not to break the robot as its repairs would come with a 10 million yen ($83,000 or £55,000) bill 

By Ellie Zolfagharifard | dailymail.co.uk/