There was a recent BBC TV program titled "Where's my robot", featuring several robotics research groups around the world. One of the places covered was developing animated things like the 'girl' featured in the link.
Apparently the lead researcher chose his young daughter as the model for his first attempt; this was possibly not a good idea since the daughter cried uncontrollably on seeing her robot double.
I must say I'm not surprised. I find these things unsettling, even on the computer screen. I would think the 3D real life versions would be really creepy.
Peter