These Human-Like ‘Synths’ Will Make You Do a Double Take

Dr. Suzanne Gildert, Founder and CEO of Vancouver-based Sanctuary, wants her robots, known as synths, to be as lifelike as possible. We talked to her about building cognitive machines and why she created a synth that looks just her.

By S.C. Stuart

There are now many types of robots and just as many theories on how to build them, but Dr…