arrive with us into theuncanny valleyand say hello to Ameca , one of the " world ’s most advanced human - mold automaton " designed to mimic a range of human expressions from gleeful to shocked , all of which are equal parts telling and creepy .
Ameca is the brainchild ofEngineered Arts , a UK - ground company that stool humanoid robot for amusement , information , didactics , and research .
The late interpretation you see here is the second contemporaries of the model and features over 12 more motors in its facial expression , intend more facial face , than its forerunner . It can now scrunch its nose , wink , and purse its lips .
The humanoid robot now features 27 motors in the face and additional an five in the neck . This includes 12 in the lips , two in the jaw , four in the orb , four in the lid , four in the eyebrow , and one in the nose .
There are also oodles of motor in its organic structure , arms , articulatio radiocarpea , and finger , allow it to move its upper limbs . You may be proud of to hear that Ameca is stationary and not capable to walk , for now .
Using advanced apparent movement capture technology , the robot is able to perceive a human facial expression and mime it by subtly moving its many motors . It ’s also capable of hand motion , like a wave , and usings its branch to wave back .
“ The human face is a very high bandwidth communication interface – we can say so much with grammatical construction alone , discussion are not always necessary , ” Engineered Arts say in a argument transport to IFLScience .
“ We are working towards robots that sense completely natural to interact with , robots than can both read and generate emotional cues using facial expressions , ” they added .
Automated speech recognition has been added to other golem create byEngineered Arts , permit people to have conversation with the robot . However , they say this applied science is not passing advanced yet , and is unable to render subtle panorama of language such as sarcasm , smell of voice , or context .
The work of Engineered Arts has come a farsighted direction since it was found in 2005 . One of their first robots wasRoboThespian , a charming albeit cartoonish - looking mechanical man that could recite theoretical speech and songs , but lacked reality . Then cameMesmer , a hyper - realistic robot that looks like a life - like human dummy . However , it lacked some of the subtleties that Ameca handle to pass with flying colors .
It ’s possible to bribe Ameca or take them for an event , convention , or packaging stunt . If you ’ve got the money , then it ’s even potential for Engineered Arts to make a customized robot in your mental image . YouTuber Tom Scott actually headed to Engineered Arts to get a custom - made robot of himself withappropriately strange results .
