Geminoid" is the first android to be modeled after a real person, including subtle body movements and personality traits of the individual

Robotics scientist Hiroshi Ishiguro with Geminoid

Robotics scientist Hiroshi Ishiguro, left, poses with 'Geminoid' a prototype of a Doppelganger-type android, modeled after himself, at the Museum of Contemporary Art of Rome

Robotics scientist Hiroshi Ishiguro  poses with 'Geminoid'

"Geminoid" is the first android to be modeled after a real person, including subtle body movements and personality traits of the individual