The five-foot six-inch android is capable of eye movements, response to eye-to-eye contact and can recognise body language. She is designed act like a human with rubber 'skin' and a woman's face - but it is unable to walk and has to be wheeled around
Robot engineer Hiroshi Ishiguro (left), US actress Bryerly Long (2nd right) and Japanese actor Nijiro Murakami (right) help android actress Geminoid F wave to the audience before the premiere of new movie 'Sayonara'
The robot was created by Hiroshi Ishiguro Laboratory at Osaka University who plan on creating a better model in the future. 'Our final goal is creating some artificial intelligence by using this robot,' Kohei Ogawa, assistant professor said
The robot is equipped with motorised actuators, powered by air pressure, which allow her to 'copy' human facial expressions
The robot co-stars alongside a human in the film 'Sayonara' set in the aftermath of a deadly nuclear power plant meltdown in Japan
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Fukada said working with the android was easier than directing people, although he said had to watch not to break the robot as its repairs would come with a 10 million yen ($83,000 or £55,000) bill
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