Get ready for creepy AI robots with human facial expressions

China has reportedly developed a robot that can respond with natural human facial expressions. The robot was created by Liu Xiaofeng, a professor at Hohai University in Jiangsu Province, and his research team. They presented the new robot in the scientific journal IEEE Transactions on Robotics, and it supposedly will utilize a novel method for synthesizing facial expressions based on Action Units.

This, the researchers say, should allow for them to create more intricate facial expression images on the robot’s faces.