Japanese robot to strut ‘her’ stuff on the catwalk

JAPANESE researchers yesterday showed off a robot that will mimic the movements of flesh-and-blood fashion models as she struts her stuff down a Tokyo catwalk.

The girlie-faced humanoid with slightly oversized eyes, a tiny nose and a shoulder length hairstyle, boasts 42 motion motors programmed to mimic human movement.

“Hello everybody, I am cybernetic human HRP-4C,” said the futuristic fashionista, opening her media premiere at the National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology outside Tokyo.