Visitors takes photos of communications android 'Chihira Kanae' (C) at an information counter at the International Tourism Trade Fair (ITB) in Berlin, Germany, March 9, 2016. 'Chihira Kanae', which was created by Toshiba, has her own information counter where she welcomes visitors through two way communication, provides information on the trade fair and answers any questions visitors may have in English, German, Japanese and Chinese. REUTERS/Fabrizio Bensch
BERLIN: Chihira Kanae is greeting visitors to the world's biggest travel fair in Berlin this week, answering questions and guiding people in the right direction. But one passerby's attempt to ask her out for dinner is met with silence.
That's because Chihira Kanae, despite her lifelike features and long brown hair, is a robot, the third version of a robot in human form developed by Toshiba and can only answer pre-programmed questions.
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