At the time of its launch in 2015, Erica was dubbed not only the most beautiful but also the most intelligent android. Several other female-like robots have made headlines since then, but the ...

An artificially intelligent humanoid robot has nabbed the leading role in a $70 million (£56.4 million) upcoming Hollywood sci-fi movie, titled ' b '. Erica, the eerily human-like android actress ...

Japanese robotics guru Hiroshi Ishiguro and his creation, the 23-year-old humanoid robot Erica, are here to redefine what it means to be human.

Japanese robot ‘bad boy’ believes his creation Erica has a ‘soul’ ERICA’S “father” calls her the “most beautiful, human-like and autonomous android in this world” — and the ...

Exclusive: Divesh Lala, a member of the project who programmed the script to find and classify solo and shared laughter by robot ERICA, shares the significance of the research which could enable ...

We’ve known for a while that Japan is busy at work creating life-like human robots that will one day take over the world. But for the most part they’ve seemed pretty silly, like malfunctioning ...

The researchers worked on Android Erica to teach its artificial intelligence learn conversational laughter. Android is a humanlike robot, emulating not only the appearance but also human behaviour.

Erica, however, looks and sounds far more realistic than Ishiguro’s silicone doppelganger, or his previous human-like robot, Geminoid F. Though she is unable to walk independently, she possesses ...

The Erica android is a very human-like robot that can interact with you, and that's not at all creepy.

Well, not any more. Erica isn't your average robot - she actively craves human interaction, cracks jokes and even has a "soul", according to her creator.

She’s one of the most human-like robots yet, and now it seems that Erica is set to become a news presenter in Japan. The humanoid robot looks eerily lifelike, and her designer, Dr Hiroshi ...