TO GO WITH Japan-science-robots-future,FEATURE by Alastair Himmer
This photo taken on June 16, 2019 shows robotician Hiroshi Ishiguro (R) and his assistant (C) posing next to one of his robots at his research centre in Osaka. - Set in 2019, cult 80s movie "Blade Runner" envisaged a neon-stained landscape of bionic "replicants" genetically engineered to look just like humans. So far that has failed to materialise, but at a secretive research institute in western Japan, wild-haired roboticist Hiroshi Ishiguro is fine-tuning technology that could blur the line between man and machine. (Photo by CHARLY TRIBALLEAU / AFP) / TO GO WITH Japan-science-robots-future,FEATURE by Alastair Himmer