Japan museum unveils advanced android robots

Japan museum unveils advanced android robots

TOKYO, Japan - Mamoru Mohri (C), chief executive director of the National Museum of Emerging Science and Innovation, hands an appointment letter to Otonaroid, an adult female android, to work as science communicator, at the museum in Tokyo's Koto Ward on June 24, 2014, while Kodomoroid (L), a child android, looks on. The museum describes the robots as the world's most advanced android robots that closely resemble humans.

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