The World's Invention Extravaganza
Evolving Humanoid Robots
(March 16, 2000)
Japan: March 16, 2009, Tsukuba, Ibaragi Prefecture - The HRP-4C, nicknamed Miim, a feminine-looking humanoid robot created by the National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology. Standing at 158 centimeters and weighing 43 kilos, Miim has a realistic head and face, and the figure of an average young Japanese female. She can move, talk and sing like a human, utilizing 30 body motors and using speech recognition software. and vocal synthesizer. (Photo by Kaku Kurita/AFLO) FYJ