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Chinese roboticist and his android twin visit Los Angeles

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Photo: Engadget

Check this out: which is which? I mean, which is Zou Ren Ti, the human, and which is Zou Ren Ti, the android?

Wow, talk about uncanny valley!

The two Zou Ren Tis can be seen at the Wired NextFest in Los Angeles this weekend. Engadget took the photo above and if you want to find out which is which you can get some hints from these other photos by China's Xi'an Chaoren Sculpture Research Institute, from where the two Zou Ren Tis came, or from the video below.

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