By Victoria Woollaston PUBLISHED: 07:57 EST, 18 October 2013 | UPDATED: 02:25 EST, 21 October 2013 In a scene that wouldn't look out of place in a science fiction blockbuster, researchers have unveiled the world's first walking, talking bionic man complete with circulatory system and a beating heart. Called Frank, short for Frankenstein, the six-foot robot is made up of artificial body parts donated by various research centres from around the world, has 200 processors and is covered in over a million sensors. It was designed by Dr Bertolt Meyer from the University of Zurich, built by a team of engineers at Shadow Robot in London and is currently on display at the Smithsonian Museum in Washington as part of The Incredible Bionic Man exhibition.
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Frank, short for Frankenstein, has 200 processors and a million sensors
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It also features a functioning circulatory system fitted with a beating heart
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The bionic body is made up of 28 artificial parts from around the world
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Six-foot tall Frank can walk and talk with the help of a remote control
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