As part of a Valentine’s Day promotion, Tokyo department store Takashimaya has teamed up with Osaka University’s Dr Hiroshi Ishiguro to install a lifelike android mannequin as part of its shop display.

The female robot features a range of emotions and movements triggered by passers-by.

It smiles, nods, yawns and interacts with shoppers, and can reflect over 60 facial expressions.

Through a Kinect system and facial-recognition software, the android reacts and moves when people are in front of the display.

“We have tried to make it more lifelike through not programming her to react to very shopper in sudden movements, but in a more natural way, and arranged her in a pose as if waiting for someone,” Dr Ishiguro told Japan Trends.

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[via Japan Trends]


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