Would YOU apply? Tech firm will pay a brave volunteer £150,000 to use their face on its ROBOTS which will work in hotels, shopping malls and airports by 2023

Would YOU apply? Tech firm will pay a brave volunteer £150,000 to use their face on its ROBOTS which will work in hotels, shopping malls and airports by 2023

Promobot is a robot manufacturer, known for its eerily realistic humanoid robots

It’s seeking someone with a kind and friendly face to be used on a robot assistant

The firm is offering a whopping £150,000 ($200,000) to the brave volunteer, who must be willing to transfer the rights to use of their face forever

The idea of lending your face to a robot may sound like the plot from an episode of Black Mirror, but it could soon become a reality.

Robot manufacturer Promobot is seeking a face for its next humanoid robot, which will be used in hotels, shopping malls and airports from 2023.

The firm is offering a whopping £150,000 ($200,000) to the brave volunteer, who must be willing to transfer the rights to use of their face forever.

Could you be the face of the next robot?

In its latest campaign, the tech firm is seeking someone with a ‘kind and friendly’ face, to be used on a humanoid robot-assistant.

While Promobot has specified that the volunteer must have a ‘kind and friendly’ face, it is open to applications from people of any gender and age.

Promobot is a New York based robot manufacturer, known for its eerily realistic humanoid robots.

Its robots are already being used in 43 countries, working across a range of roles including administrators, promoters, consultants, guides and concierges.

Promobot said: ‘Our company is developing technologies in the field of facial recognition, as well speech, autonomous navigation, artificial intelligence and other areas of robotics.

‘Since 2019, we have been actively manufacturing and supplying humanoid robots to the market.

‘Our new clients want to launch a large-scale project, and as for this, they need to license a new robot appearance to avoid legal delays.’

In its latest campaign, the tech firm is seeking someone with a ‘kind and friendly’ face, to be used on a humanoid robot-assistant.

Source: Daily mail

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Would YOU apply? Tech firm will pay a brave volunteer £150,000 to use their face on its ROBOTS which will work in hotels, shopping malls and airports by 2023