An extremely lifelike robot has been built that can mimic human facial expressions.<br /><br />The robot, named Charles, is part of research to apply human body language to machines to see if people are able to engage with them more.<br /><br />He works via a system of computer programmes and mechanical processors connected to a camera. <br /><br />This records the face of the human subject and sends the information <br /> to a computer which analyses the positions of facial features.