By using a projector to beam the 3D image of a face onto the back of a plastic mask, ... Mask-bot: A robot with a human face Date: November 29, 2011 Source: Technische Universitaet Muenchen ...

German and Japanese researchers have joined forces to create Mask-bot that puts a human face on robotics by projecting a 3D image of a human face onto the back of a plastic mask.

The Mask-bot isn't a robot, however, but a means to convey a human face unto a lifeless machine. The whole point is not to creep people out when they stare into the lifeless lens eyes of a robot.

Robotics researchers in Munich have joined forces with Japanese scientists to develop an ingenious technical solution that gives robots a human face. By using a projector to beam the 3D image of a ...

Mask-Bot: The 'creepy' robot with a human face. A new machine uses 'facial emotion data' and 3-D images of people to express itself through blinks, smirks, and raised eyebrows.