Audio Animatronics: Japanese Style

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    Originally Posted By trekkeruss

    I am watching the Science Channel (part of the Discovery network) and a show called Japan: The Future Is Now. One of the stories is about robots, and Osaka University's work on a life-like human android. The facial expressions they achieve with this android is something to see. It's interesting to see too, how the researchers are trying to get the body to move... the techniques they are using look surprisingly like some of the early work done at Disney!

    Here's a link to an online story, along with a photo... check it out (and be sure to watch the show if you can; it's amazing)

    <a href="http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/4714135.stm" target="_blank">http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/sci
    ence/nature/4714135.stm</a>
     

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