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The folks at UT Austin's HCR Laboratory have been working on a Meka
humanoid robot for some time now, but they've only just recently added
one pretty significant component to it: a head. This so-called
"Dreamer" isn't just your ordinary robot head, though -- described by
the researchers as a "sociable humanoid head," the head is modeled on
anime and comic characters, and promises to establish an "organic link
to its biological counterpart, creating feelings of quasi-affinity
in response to gestures and synthetic emotions." In other words,
it's impressive enough to hold your attention while you interact with
it, and it may very well creep you out a little. Head on past the
break to check it out in action.
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