The idea of lending your face to a robot may sound like the plot from an episode of Black Mirror , but it could soon become a reality.

An unnamed robotics firm is searching for the human face of its new robots - and will even pay the successful applicant 100,000 for the privilege.

The firm has contacted geomiq.com to help find a kind and friendly face for the robots, which will be used as virtual friends for elderly people.

A spokesperson for Geomiq said: At this point were not allowed to share any more details about the project, but were hoping that someone with the right face will get in touch as a result of this public appeal.

Its a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity for the right person; lets hope we can find them.

The robots are set to go into production next year and will be readily available to the public, according to Geomiq.

It added: We know that this is an extremely unique request, and signing over the licenses to your face is potentially an extremely big decision.

The request has been heavily criticised on Twitter , with technology reporter Rowland Manthorpe even calling it a bad sci-fi plot.

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Dr Kate Devlin, a sex robot expert added: "I'm cool with the whole friendly robot thing, btw.

"But I can't work out why a) it needs a realistically human face; and b) why that face needs to be of a real individual."

Meanwhile, others have questioned why the firm is searching for a human face, rather than creating a fake face of its own - much like the famous humanoid robot, Sophia.

One user tweeted: Have these people ever heard of GANs? There are datasets with 100k realistic (but not real) faces available already.

"My guess is that we can code a nice generator for less than 100k..."

However, if the idea of seeing an army of robots with your face doesnt put you off, you can apply here.

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Tech firm will pay you 100,000 to use your face on its robots - Mirror Online