HRP-4C Bishoujo Android Walks And Talks

Nice android, and damn cute, too! HRP-4C-chan is a new humanoid robot unveiled yesterday by the Humanoid Robotics Group (via Gigazine), and the obvious reason I'm mentioning it - or, rather, her - is that she looks a lot like a teenage Japanese girl. Standing 158 cm tall and weighing 43 kg, she was lovingly modeled to match the average Japanese female adolescent.



Having successfully shown what she's made of, HRP-4C-chan is expected to make her cat-walk debut at Tokyo's Japan Fashion Week, this March 23. She may not be able to trip and fall while parading due to emotions, but there's always technical glitches... If all goes well, she could go on sale as a “walking mannequin" for department stores in 2010. In the meantime, maybe they can do something about her modest autonomy: only 20 minutes of power with her current battery.

You can see her bowling bowing and talking, moving and twisting over on YouTube, and some more detailed photos of her below. Hopefully the makers will soon implement more practical movements, such as bending over or at least getting on her knees: her mouth already looks rather... functional.