Wanna License Your Face To A Robot For $130,000?

Who besides your mother will care? JL 

Leslie Katz reports in CNet:

A British engineering and manufacturing firm called Geomiq has put out a call for people interested in being the face of a new "state-of-the-art humanoid" it's developing. The company is searching for a 'kind and friendly' face to be the literal face of the robot once it goes into production," Geomiq says in a blog post about the project. "This will entail the selected person's face being reproduced on potentially thousands of versions of the robots worldwide."

Got a "kind and friendly" face? Don't mind the idea of your mechanized doppelganger stiffly trodding the planet? You could be close to $130,000 richer.

A British engineering and manufacturing firm called Geomiq has put out a call for people interested in being the face of a new "state-of-the-art humanoid" it's developing with an unnamed company.

The company is searching for a 'kind and friendly' face to be the literal face of the robot once it goes into production," Geomiq says in a blog post about the project. "This will entail the selected person's face being reproduced on potentially thousands of versions of the robots worldwide."
The robot line has been in the works for five years, Geomiq says, and will result in a companion for seniors.
Geomiq says the company behind the bot that might look like you is privately funded and has gotten investments from independent VCs and a "top fund" based in Shanghai. Beyond that, the whole shebang's rather mysterious.