Danish academic Henrik Scharfe recently revealed a collaboration with Japanese entertainement company Kokoro and Japan's Advanced Telecommunications Research Institute International — a robot clone of himself.
CNET reports: "Geminoids are basically remote-controlled slave robots powered by a quiet air servo system. They mimic the facial expressions, lip movements, and body motions of a human user through motion-tracking gear and an Internet link. As the vid below shows, Scharfe's clone is already quite lifelike. So when it starts projecting his voice and mimicking his idiosyncrasies, students may freak a bit. "
Check out the robot's mechanical test, AFTER THE JUMP…
