The Japanese Noonian Sung.

The man on the right has watched far too much Star Trek and wanted to emulate Dr. Noonian Sung, or....is just being Japanese—he has created an robot in his own image. Weird.

"Ishiguro is mainly using the bot to teach his classes for him, and creep out students with lifelike movements such as blinking, 'breathing' and fidgeting. The bot can be remotely controlled via a motion capture system that tracks Ishiguro's mouth movements and allows the bot to speak his voice"

Didn't the movie studios release The Matrix and I, Robot in Japan?

[via Engadget]