LIFE-LIKE: Toshiba's "Communication Android" robot Chihira Aico is designed to make conversation, sing and could one day play classical music or look after people.
LAS VEGAS: She stood on the floor of the Consumer Electronics Show, carried on conversations, blinked her eyes and sang a convincing rendition of Take Me Home, Country Roads.
It would have been unremarkable if Chihira Aico were not a robot.
