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Robots are going to wear human faces and be retrofitted with artificial intelligence soon enough. The SociBot-Mini for example, is designed to interact with humans in a social way.

For starters, it has a transparent display for its face that has a real face projected onto it. It can recognize gestures, faces, and thanks to a special software, read the lines on your face to determine your age. It also detect your facial expressions and accurately judge your mood.

SociBot-Mini can be used as a telepresence robot where you can just upload your face to the robot and let it sit in for you as you. Provided you have $16,000 to spare that is.

[New Scientist]