This tech company will pay you $200,000 just to use your face on their robot

Promobot, a Russian robotics company has offered to pay people $200,000 to use their face and voice for a human-like robot.

According to a press release, Promobot has been “seeking a face for a humanoid robot assistant which will work in hotels, shopping malls, and other crowded places. The company is ready to pay out $200,000 to somebody willing to transfer the rights to use one’s face forever,” per Gizmodo.

While applications are now closed, the company was looking for people of all genders and races over the age of 25. Besides that, the only particular qualification was that the person has a “kind and friendly” face.

“Our company is developing technologies in the field of facial recognition, as well speech, autonomous navigation, artificial intelligence, and other areas of robotics,” Promobot said in a statement. “Since 2019, we have been actively manufacturing and supplying humanoid robots to the market. Our new clients want to launch a large-scale project, and as for this, they need to license a new robot appearance to avoid legal delays.”

Newsweek reported that as of Monday, it appears that Promobot has stopped accepting applications for the opportunity, and details regarding the project appear to have been removed from their site.

The updated release stated that 20,000 applicants had responded and Promobot’s client made the decision to suspend the request.

The release stated, however, that for those who were unable to respond in time, there will be more projects in the future.

Newsweek cited a report by Indy100, which noted that “one key detail’ was among the information no longer found on the Promobot site: In addition to their likeness, the chosen applicant will also have to relinquish to the company the rights to their voice.