Geminoids meet their human doppelgangers for a photograph op you’ll always remember (video)

Apr 6th 2011
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Three of the well-dressed individuals above are humans (no less than they are saying they’re). The opposite three are Geminoids — lifelike robots created by professors Hiroshi Ishiguro and Henrik Scharfe of their image and that of 1 other willing assistant, all of whom got together for a bit of photo op last month. Creepy? It’s good to see what else has pop out in their lab. Video after the break.

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This post is tagged: Hiroshi Ishiguro, photo, professors, Robots, scharfe

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