Scientists at Columbia University have developed a robot that mimics the facial expressions of humans to gain their trust.

Named Eva, the droid uses deep learning to analyze human facial gestures captured by a camera.

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This AI robot mimics human expressions to build trust with users

Its also relatively inexpensive to manufacture and assemble.

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The robot mirrors human facial expressions captured by a camera.

Away from work, he e(show all)Thomas is the managing editor of TNW.

He leads our coverage of European tech and oversees our talented team of writers.

Away from work, he enjoys playing chess (badly) and the guitar (even worse).

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