The Most ‘Humanoid’ Robot Ever: Ameca [Video]

Human beings have been making their daily life and work easier by making use of robots for many years. At the time when robots were first popularized, our imaginations began to devise concepts that focused on more terrifying scenarios: humanoid robots. Even traces of the concept of humanoid robot, BC. It can even be seen in Greek mythologies from the 4th century.

While humanoid robots are living in the century that we discuss most, the UK-based company Engineered Arts showed a new robot the other day. This new robot, named ‘Ameca’, of the company that designs and develops humanoid robots for entertainment, had facial expressions and movements that were almost indistinguishable from a real human.

Ameca, who acts no different than you and me:

Ameca, which went viral on the internet in a short time, shared only a promotional video of its robot. So he still hasn’t shown all his skills. In addition to its movements, Ameca also makes a sound of surprise, just like a human. This shows that the robot can successfully convey human emotions in sound.

The thing that most disturbed those who saw Ameca’s video was that he was standing in front of us in his ‘naked’ form right now. Although Ameca appeared in a fully robotic form, without human skin and body structure, our eyes almost perceived it as a human. However, a statement made by the company has managed to alleviate our fears to some extent for now.

Engineered Arts announced that Ameca does not have any artificial general intelligence technology. It was stated that Ameca is basically a chatbot, an entertainment robot where users can talk to itself. Still, such a robot having artificial general intelligence could be achieved by a different company in the future, if not by Engineered Arts. Who knows, in the future, robots may indeed seek to seek rights and be seen as ‘individuals’, as in Detroit: Become Human.