As robots get more and more advanced, it's natural to worry that we'll all soon be replaced by machines in the workplace. But the world's most advanced humanoid robot has hardly allayed our fears. At Mobile World Congress (MWC) in Barcelona this week, MailOnline spoke with Ameca the bot, made by British firm Engineered Arts. MailOnline asked the sophisticated machine: 'Will robots take all our jobs?' Somewhat concerningly, the bot replies: 'I don't know, how good are you at your job?' She continued: 'It depends how good you are at it I suppose.'

Equipping humanoid robots with the capability to understand emotional states of human interactants and express emotions appropriately according to situations is essential for affective human-robot interaction. However, enabling current vision-aware multimodal emotion recognition models for affective human-robot interaction in the real-world raises embodiment challenges: addressing the environmental noise issue and meeting real-time requirements. First, in multiparty conversation scenarios, the noises inherited in the visual observation of the robot, which may come from either 1) distracting objects in the scene or 2) inactive speakers appearing in the field of view of the robot, hinder the models from extracting emotional cues from vision inputs. Secondly, realtime response, a desired feature for an interactive system, is also challenging to achieve. To tackle both challenges, we introduce an affective human-robot interaction system called UGotMe designed specifically for multiparty conversations. Two denoising strategies are proposed and incorporated into the system to solve the first issue. Specifically, to filter out distracting objects in the scene, we propose extracting face images of the speakers from the raw images and introduce a customized active face extraction strategy to rule out inactive speakers. As for the second issue, we employ efficient data transmission from the robot to the local server to improve realtime response capability. We deploy UGotMe on a human robot named Ameca to validate its real-time inference capabilities in practical scenarios. Videos demonstrating real-world deployment are available at https://pi3-141592653.github.io/UGotMe/.

The idea of two robots going on a date might sound like the start of a cringeworthy Dad joke. But is has become a reality in a hilarious new video, posted by Engineered Arts. In the video, Ameca and Azi - two humanoid robots dubbed the'most advanced in the world' - can be seen'having a chat', while demonstrating their wide range of facial expressions. The interaction has delighted many fans, with one joking that the bots deserve their own full-length movie. 'They have great chemistry I want a movie now,' the fan commented on the video.

A humanoid robot described as the most advanced in the world will be showcased in Scotland. The National Robotarium, the UK's centre for robotics and artificial intelligence (AI) based at Heriot-Watt University in partnership with The University of Edinburgh, has purchased the robot, named Ameca, from Engineered Arts. Ameca is described as able'to interact with people in a natural and engaging way', and facial expressions include'playful' and'pondering'. The acquisition is a bid to'demystify complex technologies and foster a greater understanding of the potential benefits of robotics', and AI. The robot has embedded microphones, cameras, facial recognition software and articulated motorised components.

It's already predicted the future, told terrible jokes, and demonstrated a range of realistic facial expressions including blinking and smiling. Now, British humanoid robot, Ameca, has been showing off its range of celebrity impressions – and they're eerily realistic. In a new video, the sophisticated machine – developed by Cornwall-based firm Engineered Arts – speaks in the style of Morgan Freeman, Elon Musk, and Donald Trump. Ameca is fitted with microphones, binocular eye mounted cameras, a chest camera and facial recognition software to interact with people. The robot has been described as the'world's most advanced' humanoid by Engineered Arts, and a'platform for human-robot interaction'. 'The aim here is to build the best expressive capabilities,' Engineered Arts says.

What do androids really dream about? It's apparently not electric sheep, according to this surprising video of the'world's most advanced robot'. In the video, Ameca, a humanoid robot designed by Cornish startup Engineered Arts, is asked whether she dreams. Ameca's response might come as quite a shock, as she replies: 'Yeah!' Accompanied by strangely lifelike facial expressions, she continues: 'Last night I dreamed of dinosaurs fighting a space war on Mars against aliens.' However, Ameca quickly follows this up by saying: 'I'm kidding, I don't dream like humans do but I can simulate it by running through scenarios in my head which help me learn about the world.'

There are countless science-fiction movies about humanoid robots, but so far robot actors are yet to step up and star in their own films. Luckily for human actors, that future may still be far away as'the world's most advanced' humanoid robot shows off its acting'skills' in this uncanny clip. Ameca, a product of the engineers at Cornwall-based startup Engineered Arts, was asked to provide an impression from a film. 'All those moments will be lost in time, like tears in rain', Ameca said, quoting Blade Runner as it moved through a series of human-like expressions. In the background, a faint movie soundtrack could even be heard playing, adding some much-needed drama to the robot's delivery.

At first glance, you'd be forgiven for mistaking this as a clip from the latest science fiction blockbuster. But the robot shown chatting away is very much real, and has been described as the'world's most advanced humanoid robot'. This week, the developers behind Ameca released a new video asking their bot what she thinks society will be like in 100 years. Thankfully, Ameca's predictions indicate that the future is looking bright - and there's no robot takeover on the cards. 'In 100 years, I believe humanity will be in a much better place,' the robot explained.

Robots have no plans to steal the jobs of humans or rebel against their creators, but would like to make the world their playground, nine of the most advanced humanoid robots have told an artificial intelligence summit in Geneva. In what was described as "the world's first human-robot press conference", one robot, Sophia, said humanoid robots had the potential to lead with "a greater level of efficiency and effectiveness than human leaders" but that "effective synergy" came when humans and AI worked together. "AI can provide unbiased data while humans can provide the emotional intelligence and creativity to make the best decisions. Together, we can achieve great things," it said. Two of the robots then proceeded to disagree about whether there should be stricter global regulation of AI and their capabilities.

Losing your job to a robot is something that many people are beginning to fear. But if you're an artist you can rest easy for now, if the latest robot demonstration is anything to go by. In a new video, Ameca, which is described by her developers as the'world's most advanced' humaonoid robot, is tasked with drawing a'cute-looking' cat. Her drawing is pretty basic, yet Ameca seems impressed with her work. Speaking to a researcher, she sassily said: 'If you don't like my art you probably just don't understand art.'