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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Planthis" data-source="post: 6353810" data-attributes="member: 238574">Japan's latest supermodel--a robot <img src="http://i.i.com.com/cnwk.1d/i/bto/20090318/afplivetwo815184-JAPAN-ROBOT_610x314.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /> [YOUTUBE]brD5D0ytD04&feature=player_embedded[/YOUTUBE] The new Japanese humanoid robot HRP-4C displays a range of emotions (good luck discerning what they are) during a press conference in suburban Tokyo this week. Naturally, plenty of paparazzi were on hand. (Credit: AFP Photo/Yoshikazu Tsuno)  She doesn't have the grace of a Cindy Crawford or Elle MacPherson (yet), but a few struts on the catwalk may help HRP-4C loosen up and hit her stride. The walking, talking girlbot will be getting practice soon, as she's set to make her catwalk debut at a Tokyo fashion show next week. Scientists from Japan's National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology reportedly designed the 5-foot (ish), dark-haired creation to look like an average Japanese woman between the ages of 19 and 29. Unlike the average Japanese woman, however, HRP-4C has 30 motors in her body that allow her to walk and move its arms (somewhat loudly and awkwardly, if the video below is any indication) and 8 facial motors for blinking, smiling, and expressing emotions akin to anger and surprise.   According to the Associated Press, the robotic framework for the HRP-4C, sans face and other coverings, will sell for about $200,000, and the technology behind it will eventually be made public so people can come up their own moves for the bot. </blockquote>

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