Japanese scientists have built a $2 million robot that they say has the "expressions, gait and poses" of a supermodel. As Reuters notes the robot's outfit is more like that of a stormtrooper.
The sleek HRP-4C runs on battery-powered motors located in her body and face, allowing the expressions, gait and poses of a supermodel, but on a stormtrooper-like silver and black frame.
The current 43 kg (95 lb), 158 cm (5 ft 2 inch) Cybernetic model has slimmed-down from an earlier 58 kg (128 lb) robot ahead of a Tokyo fashion show debut on March 23.
Its new shape is designed to match the average Japanese woman and has eyes, face and hair based on Japanese "anime" comics, said Masayoshi Kataoka of the National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology, which developed the robotic model.
It's impressive to see a robot that can walk so here's HRP-4C walking in a video clip. Not bad for a robot but let's see HRP-4C try that in 12-inch platform heels.
