TO GO WITH Japan-science-robots-future,FEATURE by Alastair Himmer
TOPSHOT - This photo taken on June 16, 2019 shows an assistant (L) for robotician Hiroshi Ishiguro "talking" with a robot at the 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