Japanese engineers have created a female android that's an exact replica of a woman while being cheaper and more compact than earlier models, bringing the futuristic world of the film "Surrogates" ...

NEW YORK – An extremely humanlike robot made a public appearance June 15 at the Global Futures 2045 International Congress, a futuristic conference focused on the technological singularity. Japanese ...

Most robots don’t have IMDb pages. Geminoid F isn’t most robots. The creepily real-looking, dark-haired, female android is receiving star billing in Sayonara, a feature-length film that premieres in ...

We cover a lot of robots here on Fast Company, sometimes exciting tech, sometimes promising for health care, or the future of daily life…and sometimes outright creepy. The latest Japanese android is ...

How would you feel if you met Danish Professor Henrik Scharfe and then moments later were introduced to another Henrik Scharfe, this time an almost identical android? You can now actually do this, ...

AUSTIN – Androids, geminoids and old-fashioned robots roamed the halls of the South by Southwest Interactive Festival this weekend in a plethora of sessions and demonstrations. They posed a strong ...

Last month, Hiroshi Ishiguro of Osaka University, Henrik Sharfe of Aalborg University, and an unnamed female participant hauled their Geminoid doppelgangers together for the world’s most awkward ...

Geminoid is an android that breathes, using compressed air, and responds to physical contact such as being poked. He’s been created as a robot double, to allow his human counterpart, Japanese ...

Sophia has an awkward smile. It’s almost pained. She is dressed like a flight attendant, with a gossamer scarf and navy blue skirt suit suit. She has brown eyes, touched lightly with makeup, and her ...

Japanese scientist and robotics expert Hiroshi Ishiguro unveiled his latest android this weekend at the Global Futures 2045 International Congress in New York, a futuristic conference focused on the ...

NEW YORK — An extremely humanlike robot made a public appearance today (June 15) here at the Global Futures 2045 International Congress, a futuristic conference focused on the technological ...