I was really amazed by this guy. He is a very talented sculptor who has made basically a clone model of himself and fitted it with robotics. I can see this as being the next big "toy" for millionaire's. The creator, Zou Ren Ti, features the design on his website (xsm.cn), but he does not have any video.
I found this one on youtube submitted by artfuture.com (Very Cool Site). Check out the video and forward it to almost the end to see the robot moving. I bet we will see a lot more of similar things in the near future.
Robot Clones
When iRobot Meets the Wax Museum
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