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                <p>At first glance, you could confuse the new <em>Geminoid DK</em> for a very real human. But this robotic creation is the latest android from a team of Japanese researchers.</p>
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Designed by <a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/pcworld/tc_pcworld/storytext/manormachinerealisticrobotblursthelinesofreality/40576317/SIG=11i5mbg37/*http://www.is.sys.es.osaka-u.ac.jp/index.en.html">Osaka University professor Hiroshi Ishiguro</a> and created with the help of the <a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/pcworld/tc_pcworld/storytext/manormachinerealisticrobotblursthelinesofreality/40576317/SIG=1100jjdsn/*http://www.atr.jp/index_e.html">Advanced Telecommunications Research Institute International</a>, the <em>Geminoid DK</em> is one of a growing number of human-like androids (no, <a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/pcworld/tc_pcworld/storytext/manormachinerealisticrobotblursthelinesofreality/40576317/SIG=11j5870ul/*http://www.pcworld.com/search.html?qt=android&amp;s=d#tk.srch_art_tag">not that Android</a>) the team has created, all in the name of researching human-robot interactions.</p>
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Previous androids created by this research group include <em>Geminoid HI-1</em>, a robot <a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/pcworld/tc_pcworld/storytext/manormachinerealisticrobotblursthelinesofreality/40576317/SIG=131hdb86f/*http://spectrum.ieee.org/robotics/humanoids/hiroshi-ishiguro-the-man-who-made-a-copy-of-himself">made to look like its creator</a>, Hiroshi Ishiguro. Another noteworthy android the team created, dubbed <em>Geminoid F</em>, was based upon a young Japanese female--and "she" even <a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/pcworld/tc_pcworld/storytext/manormachinerealisticrobotblursthelinesofreality/40576317/SIG=12ij1r8kl/*http://spectrum.ieee.org/automaton/robotics/humanoids/geminoid-f-takes-the-stage">went on to get an acting job</a>.</p>
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Their latest creation was modelled after <a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/pcworld/tc_pcworld/storytext/manormachinerealisticrobotblursthelinesofreality/40576317/SIG=111bkpfvp/*http://www.hum.aau.dk/~scharfe/">Danish professor Henrik Scharfe</a>. Check it out:</p>
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You can check out more videos of the <em>Geminoid DK</em> robot in action over on the <a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/pcworld/tc_pcworld/storytext/manormachinerealisticrobotblursthelinesofreality/40576317/SIG=1181i4mak/*http://www.youtube.com/user/GeminoidDK">official YouTube page</a>.</p>
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