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UK robotics firm Engineered Arts created a human-like robot that could copy our facial expressions and gestures. Read more about this report and learn what it could not do at the moment.

The bot can also speak — it uses eSpeak to introduce itself as a bot designed not to let you sleep. Then when it catches you snoozing, it repeatedly intones ‘wake up’ in a bored British accent.

This articulated robot, created by Engineered Arts, mimics human emotion.