article_snippet.sent: Ishiguro’s science lab used the latest  silicon skin and state-of-the-art electronic actuators to achieve a lifelike look.
article_snippet.sent: Ishiguro’s said: 'Because of advances in robotics, difficulty in telling man and machine apart could soon become reality.'
article_snippet.sent: There is even talk that the naturalistic, even engaging she-droids may be taken up as men as partners in the not-too-distant future.
article_snippet.sent: says their creator - robotics professor Hiroshi Ishiguro.
article_snippet.sent: This is a term coined by another Japanese professor of robotics, Masahiro Mori.
article_snippet.sent: As robots become as dexterous as Android Asuna at mimicking humanity, so the theory goes, the syndrome will erase the syndrome. '
article_snippet.sent: As A-lab is working with highly respected Prof. Ishiguro, Mr Mita says the company has ruled out producing androids that might be used for sex.
article_snippet.sent: But a spokesman working with Ishiguro’s lab says it is not a great leap of imagination to think similar robots, given the advancement in robotics and silicone skin technology, will be used for sex. '
article_snippet.sent: Physical relations will be possible in general with Androids,' said Takahashi Komiyama. '