Russian startup creates shockingly lifelike android to work customer service

A Russian startup has created a new line of androids it hopes to sell to businesses with heavy customer service needs, like airports, banks, and museums. Built by Promobot, a Russian tech company operating out of a Warminister, Pennsylvania, Robo-C is the'world's first humanoid android, which not only simulates the appearance of a person, but also is able to integrate into business processes.' Robo-C was designed to be able to copy human facial expressions and can move its eyes, eyebrows, lips and other facial muscles, via 16 moving parts, and can adopt 600 different facial expressions. The robot can also speak directly to users and comes with an AI containing 100,000 speech modules, according to a report from CNBC. Robo-C is targeted for a number of different commercial uses, including work as a home companion.