Lifelike robots and android dogs wow visitors at Beijing robotics fair

Winking, grimacing or nodding their heads, robots mimicked the expressions of visitors at a robot expo in Beijing. They were among the creations dazzling people attending the annual World Robot Conference, where companies showed off robots designed for a wide range of uses, including manufacturing, surgery and companionship. The animatronic heads and humanoid robots on display at the EX Robots booth this week personified the image of what robots are supposed to be in the popular imagination, with synthetic skin and lifelike facial expressions.

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wink 眨眼

grimace 做鬼脸（grim 冷酷的；可怕的；grimly grimness）

nod 点头；打盹；晃动

mimic 模仿的

daze 使人茫然；使人发昏

dazzle v. 眼花；炫耀；陶醉

dazzling 眼花缭乱的；耀眼的

manufacture 制造

manufacturing 制造业

animatronic 电子动画，用来形容一种技术，即机械化动画，指的是通过机械装置来模拟人或动物的动作和表情，使其看起来更加逼真

booth 亭；摊子

personify 使人格化

popular 受欢迎的、流行的，表示在大众中广泛认可或喜爱的事物