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TOKYO, JAPAN - APRIL 21: A kimono-clad robot named Aiko Chihira developed by Toshiba Corp., characterized with human-like features, blinks and synthesized speech, is seen at information desk at the entrance of the high-end shopping fashion Nihonbashi Mitsukoshi department store in Tokyo Chuo Ward, Japan on April 21th, 2015. (Photo by David Mareuil/Anadolu Agency/Getty Images)

TOKYO, JAPAN - APRIL 21:  A kimono-clad robot named Aiko Chihira  developed by Toshiba Corp., characterized with human-like features, blinks and synthesized speech, is seen at information desk at the entrance of the high-end shopping fashion Nihonbashi Mitsukoshi department store in Tokyo Chuo Ward, Japan on April 21th, 2015. (Photo by David Mareuil/Anadolu Agency/Getty Images)