The winning face must be “kind and friendly.”
Could you use an extra $200K? That’s what a Russian robotics company is offering to pay someone who’s willing to surrender the rights to their face and voice — forever — for use in robot development. They’re looking for a face that’s “kind and friendly,” reports say.
According to a report by Newsweek, the company, named Promobot, is known for producing “hyper-realistic, humanlike” robots. In 2019, the Promobot company launched the “Android Robo-C,” a made-to-order robot that could be modeled after anyone’s appearance.
Currently, the report said, Promobot is looking for a face as a model for “a humanoid robot-assistant which will work in hotels, shopping malls and other crowded places.”