Here Comes the Robot Bride

By Harry Kimball,  Newser Staff
Posted Jul 24, 2009 1:38 PM CDT
Here Comes the Robot Bride
A HRP-4C robot introduced as 'Miimu' models a wedding dress by Japanese designer Yumi Katsura.   (AP Photo)

A Japanese fashion designer has enlisted a humanoid robot to model wedding dresses on the runway, the Sun reports. The robot, “Miim,” took to the catwalk like a pro, strutting and casting glances at the audience like her human counterparts. “We hope she can work in fashion and entertainment,” Miim’s creator says. But he acknowledges the moment was bittersweet: “Like the father of the bride, I feel both happy and sad.” (More robot stories.)

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