日本影片用机器人作领衔女主演

Japanese film-makers have created a robot movie star - by casting an android 'actress' in a lead role.

日本电影制片商选用机器人作为领衔女主演，塑造了一位机器人电影明星。

The robot co-stars alongside a human in the film 'Sayonara' set in the aftermath of a deadly nuclear power plant meltdown in Japan.

The android, called Geminoid F, was designed to look and act like a human with rubber 'skin' and a woman's face - but it is unable to walk and is wheeled around in the film.

Geminoid F - or Leona in the film - is referred to by director Koji Fukada as an 'actress,' and the android is even listed as a member of the cast in the end credits.

While robots have featured prominently in many films, most are played by real actors or created using visual effects.

Geminoid F was produced by Hiroshi Ishiguro, a renowned1 robot designer at Osaka University in western Japan, whose androids come with a ￡776,000 price tag.

Geminoid F was cheaper - just ￡72,000, which Ishiguro hopes may take the technology closer to the mainstream2.

She can smile, furrow3 her brows and move her mouth. It can also talk and sing - playing recordings4, or 'mouthing' other people's voices.

The robot is equipped with motorised actuators, powered by air pressure, which allow her to 'copy' human facial expressions. In the film, it is controlled remotely from a laptop.

1 renowned

adj.著名的，有名望的，声誉鹊起的

参考例句：

He is one of the world's renowned writers.他是世界上知名的作家之一。

She is renowned for her advocacy of human rights.她以提倡人权而闻名。

2 mainstream

n.（思想或行为的）主流；adj.主流的

参考例句：

Their views lie outside the mainstream of current medical opinion.他们的观点不属于当今医学界观点的主流。

Polls are still largely reflects the mainstream sentiment.民调还在很大程度上反映了社会主流情绪。

3 furrow

n.沟；垄沟；轨迹；车辙；皱纹

参考例句：

The tractor has make deep furrow in the loose sand.拖拉机在松软的沙土上留下了深深的车辙。

Mei did not weep.She only bit her lips,and the furrow in her brow deepened.梅埋下头，她咬了咬嘴唇皮，额上的皱纹显得更深了。

4 recordings

n.记录( recording的名词复数 )；录音；录像；唱片

参考例句：

a boxed set of original recordings 一套盒装原声录音带

old jazz recordings reissued on CD 以激光唱片重新发行的老爵士乐