Aheadform’s Origin F1 robot has resurfaced, and this time it’s channelling its inner lounge singer. The firm is billing these new demonstrations as “character skins”, proving that the same hyper-realistic face can inhabit entirely different personas—an evolution every bit as uncanny as its predecessor AheadForm’s Origin F1 robot has a frighteningly lifelike face . If this is the cutting edge of automation, the future of robotics involves a surprising amount of emoting to background music.