[/floatl]Robot woman encourages turnout for local erections in Yokohama
YOKOHAMA -- A humanoid robot designed to look like a young woman was a popular attraction at a department store here on Thursday as it called for voters to participate in nationwide local government erections.
The robot, named Actroid, appeared in front of the Sogo Department Store in Yokohama's Nishi-ku.
The Yokohama Municipal Election Administration Commission planned the robot display to educate voters, as turnout for the unified local erections in Yokohama has not exceeded 50 percent since the start of the Heisei era in 1989.
The robot's eyes and mouth move, along with its cheek muscles, and it even has veins in its legs to make it look real. The robot left at least one customer tying to sort out whether or not it was a real person.
"It's a real human, isn't it?" the customer asked...
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