Scientist explains android of master comic storyteller

Scientist explains android of master comic storyteller

OSAKA, Japan - Osaka University professor Hiroshi Ishiguro (R), the developer of an android that looks like legendary Japanese "rakugo" comic storyteller Katsura Beicho, speaks about the robot at the Takashimaya department store in Osaka, western Japan, on Nov. 5, 2014. (Kyodo)

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