Could we build a Blade Runner-style ‘replicant’?

Fumiya Iida, University of Cambridge The new Blade Runner sequel will return us to a world where sophisticated androids made with organic body parts can match the strength and emotions of their human creators. As someone who builds biologically inspired robots, I’m interested in whether our own technology will ever come close to matching the “replicants” of Blade Runner 2049. The reality is that we’re a very long way from building robots with human-like abilities. But ad