From IT labs to photo grabs, a Japanese humanoid robot will soon be strutting her hard- and soft-ware stuff on the fashion catwalk.
The sleek HRP-4C runs on battery-powered motors located in her body and face, allowing the expressions, gait and poses of a supermodel, but on a storm trooper-like silver and black frame.
The current 43-kilogram, 158-centimetre Cybernetic model has slimmed-down from an earlier 58-kilogram robot ahead of a Tokyo fashion show debut on Monday.