Emma Roth reports on The Verge that robots are making advances: A humanoid robot makes eerily lifelike facial expressions; it’s interesting and a little scary.

She writes:

“Engineered Arts, a UK-based designer and manufacturer of humanoid robots, recently showed off one of its most lifelike creations in a video posted on YouTube. The robot, called Ameca, is shown making a series of incredibly human-like facial expressions.”

But wait, there’s more! Meet Mesmer, even more life-like:

This, of course, builds on the research of Dr. Paul Ekman and his exploration of expression.

His FACS (Facial Action Coding System) is used by major animation studios to bring emotion to their creations.

My take: I wonder if robots will ever develop to the point where we can cast them in movies. I mean, we’re half way there with CG VFX.