While great strides have been made in the development of humanoid robots, such as Honda’s ASIMO, giving robots a human face with natural expressions and movement has proven a difficult task. While some look to create lifelike faces and expressionswith motors under

A 3D image of a human face projected onto the back of a plastic mask

While great strides have been made in the development of humanoid robots, such as Honda’s ASIMO, giving robots a human face with natural expressions and movement has proven a difficult task. While some look to create lifelike faces and expressions with motors under artificial skin replicating the function of facial muscles, German and Japanese researchers have joined forces to come up with a different solution called Mask-bot that sees a 3D image of a human face projected onto the back of a plastic mask. (more…)

Honda Motor proudly unveiled  the all-new ASIMO humanoid robot that is equipped with the world’s first autonomous behavior control technology. The smarter version of ASIMO is able to change its behavior and interact with its surrounding situations. This robot uses pre-set space sensor to predict the direction a person will walk within the next few seconds to avoid collision. The all-new ASIMO also features faces and voices-recognitions technology, allowing it to speak with multiple people simultaneously. What’s more, the ASIMO is equipped with a highly functional multi-fingered hand.