What lies under the skin of Westworld's human-like robots? - Create News

When we think of robots, often we imagine a clunky humanoid made from metals and plastics. Yet the concept that robots might one day reach a point where they are almost indistinguishable from humans is nothing new. For decades, sci-fi novels, movies like Blade Runner, and TV programs such as Westworld have explored the physical, psychological and ethical challenges of living alongside synthetic, artificially intelligent counterparts that – at least at face value – look, think and feel like us. Often, the focus has been on characteristics such as intelligence, empathy, the robot's external appearance and how we interact with them. However, the creators of Westworld have gone a step further, creating internal structures that are very much like our own; the robots or'hosts' can move and communicate almost as seamlessly as we do.