The only problem is that it looks like a killing machine compared to domestic robot Pepper.
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Alongside the lifelike robot, shoppers can try their hand at futuristic screen technology that responds to touch in mid-air.
A delegation of anime huggy pillows appeared on the red carpet at the recent Tokyo International Film Festival, but they weren’t the only non-human stars whose work was featured at the event. Also screening was Sayonara, a new film written and directed by Koji Fukuda. The fact that one of the Japanese-produced movie’s two female leads is a foreigner would be notable enough on its own, but what really makes Sayonara unique is that her costar is an android.
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