Tesla CEO Elon Musk could receive the largest corporate pay package in history worth as much as $878bn if he meets certain performance targets. Here is what this means, and how Musk could become history's first trillionaire. Musk won a Tesla shareholder vote on Thursday, with more than 75 percent in favour, during the company's annual general meeting at the electric carmaker's factory in Austin, Texas. Under this plan, Musk could be given stock worth $1 trillion over the next decade if he hits certain performance targets. However, he would be required to repay some of this to the company - bringing it down to $878bn.

Ready for a robot that not only looks human but also acts and reacts like one, expressing emotions like shyness, excitement or friendliness? Disney Research, the innovation powerhouse behind The Walt Disney Company, has turned this into reality. Its latest creation is an autonomous humanoid robot that can mimic human emotions and behaviors in real time. Think of it as a real-life WALL-E, but with even more personality. This groundbreaking robot uses advanced artificial intelligence to replicate natural gestures and deliberate actions with striking accuracy.

A research team at the Technical University of Munich (TUM) under the guidance of Professor Gordon Cheng has developed artificial skin for the whole body of a humanoid robot. The artificial skin even covers the soles of the feet of the H-1 Robot. This is, however, not their first attempt giving artificial skin to robots. Eight years ago in 2011, the same team had equipped a smaller robot with 31 of these hexagonal "skin cells." They have outdone themselves with the latest endeavor -- putting 1260 of these hexagonal skin cells on a humanoid robot, providing a total of 13,000 sensors.

Technical University of Munich researchers designed a system integrating artificial skin with control algorithms, which they used to create the first autonomous humanoid robot with full-body synthetic skin. Researchers at the Technical University of Munich in Germany have designed a system integrating artificial skin with control algorithms, which they used to create the first autonomous humanoid robot with full-body synthetic skin. The skin is composed of hexagonal cells about an inch in diameter, each with a microprocessor and sensors to measure pressure, acceleration, proximity, and temperature. The researchers use an event-based system to track the cells instead of continuous monitoring, with individual cells only sending data when values change; this cuts the processing load by up to 90%. Said the university's Gordon Cheng, "Our system is designed to work trouble-free and quickly with all kinds of robots. Now we're working to create smaller skin cells with the potential to be produced in larger numbers."

In a world where people daydream about engaging in passionate romances with virtual assistants, the boundary between humans and machines is gradually washing away. In a new short documentary, The Guardian tells the story of 23-year-old android Erica and her'father' – Japanese robotics guru Hiroshi Ishiguro. We've teamed up with Product Hunt to offer you the chance to win an all expense paid trip to TNW Conference 2017! Born at the intersection between technology and philosophy, Erica unsettles the very definition of what it means to be human. She has a welcoming countenance and a soothing voice, but does she have a soul?