Switzerland: Roboy the humanoid -- real life A.I.

A new breed of humanoid robot, complete with motor-drive joints, made its social debut on Saturday at Zurich’s World Congress and Exhibition of Robots, Humanoids and Cyborgs. The robot, named Roboy, is the first humanoid built with anthropomorphic tendon-driven arm technology (ANTRHOB) for exact human motion imitation. Roboy’s face is modelled on human features, from designs submitted by fans through Facebook, and a musculoskeletal system allows it to morph into expressions. Students from Zurich’s Un