Guy Builds A Robot That Looks Like Scarlett Johanson, Kind Of

I don't know about you, but nothing quite gives me the heebie jeebies like a humanoid robot. They're terrifying.

The same can't be said for Ricky Ma. He can't get enough of them. In fact, the 42-year-old from Hong Kong has gone and built his very own 'Scarlett Johanson' robot from scratch.

It nods, bows and if you tell it it's beautiful, it responds: "Hehe, thank you" - which is absolutely not okay with me.

Apparently, Ricky spent more than $50,000 (£34,000) on the project which he admits was 'really difficult'.

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He said: "When I was a child, I liked robots. Why? Because I liked watching animation. All children loved it.

"When I started building it, I realised it would involve dynamics, electromechanics and programming. I have never studied programming, how was I supposed to code?

"Additionally, I needed to build 3D models for all the parts inside the robot. Also, I had to make sure the robot's external skin and its internal parts could fit together. When you look at everything together, it was really difficult."

You do you, Ricky.

Words by Sian Broderick

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