You might do a double take when you see this particular robot and if you did, you would not be alone.

    Visitors to a recent exhibition in China were greeted by Jia Jia, a humanoid* robot who is not only lifelike, but intelligent and quick-witted too.

    The female robot has been called a “robot goddess” by her hoards of online fans, and some who met her at a recent exhibition were taken aback by her lifelike appearance.

    Jia Jia stood near the entrance of the exhibition hall that hosted this year’s Summer Davos Forum in Tianjin. She was dressed in a traditional Chinese outfit and hairstyle, complete with a classic hairpin, and immediately caught the attention of passers-by.

    This life-like cyborg* is the brain child of Chen Xiao-ping and his colleagues at the University of Science and Technology of China, who unveiled the technology in Hefei.

    Her “brain,” which is essentially a huge online database, is connected to a cloud computing platform that allows her to enhance her ability to process emotions and speech as new data is uploaded.

    Jia Jia can hold conversations and respond in less than a second.

    Reports said she is also able to make micro-expressions and recognize the facial expressions of others.(SD-Agencies)