I remember a feature in Discovery Channel many years ago on the idea of downloading everything from a person’s mind – knowledge, memories, language, emotions, etc. – and uploading it to a supercomputer that controls a robot. This robot would then act and interact based on the whole personality of the borrowed mind, and it would keep on doing so even after the person is long dead...
“Never budge! That’s my rule. Never Budge in the least! Not an inch to the west, not an each to the east! I’ll stay here, not budging! I can and I will. If it makes you and me and the whole world stand still!”– The Zax