<![CDATA[io9: Hiroshi Ishiguro]]> http://cache.io9.com/assets/base/img/thumbs140x140/io9.com.png <![CDATA[io9: Hiroshi Ishiguro]]> http://io9.com/tag/hiroshi ishiguro http://io9.com/tag/hiroshi ishiguro <![CDATA[Geminoid meet-up proves that android doppelgangers aren't the life of the party]]> Last month, Hiroshi Ishiguro of Osaka University, Henrik Sharfe of Aalborg University, and an unnamed female participant hauled their Geminoid doppelgangers together for the world's most awkward coffee klatch or, to quote Dr. Sharfe, "a crazy tea party." Indeed! More »
]]> http://io9.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=5790494&view=rss&microfeed=true <![CDATA[College professor commissions android clone of himself, presumably to mess with students]]> This robot right here is the Geminoid DK, an android clone of Professor Henrik Scharfe of Denmark's Aalborg University. It was built in conjunction with robot manufacturer Kokoro (who built Raptor Santa Claus) and famed roboticist Hiroshi Ishiguro of the Advanced Telecommunications Research Institute International in Nara, Japan. More »
]]> http://io9.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=5778137&view=rss&microfeed=true <![CDATA[Meet the Telenoid R1, a Casper-like robot that will haunt your dreams]]> Professor Hiroshi Ishiguro of Osaka University created this Telenoid R1 robot to "transmit the presence" of its user from afar. The Telenoid R1 was designed to be generic as possible, but it also resembles an embryonic Stay Puft Marshmallow Man. More »
]]> http://io9.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=5601761&view=rss&microfeed=true <![CDATA[New Hiroshi Ishiguro Humanoid Robot Is Creepier Than Ever]]> Roboticist Hiroshi Ishiguro, famous for creating a robotic duplicate of himself, over the weekend debuted his new female robot. Called Geminoid F, it's designed to smile, laugh, and serve as a remote-controlled emotional avatar. More »
]]> http://io9.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=5509481&view=rss&microfeed=true <![CDATA[A Robot with Pigtails? What Next, Japan?]]> The creepiest — or most exciting — thing you will see on YouTube today is this new video of the Repliee R-1, an android that just went for its first spin at the 2008 CEATEC Exhibition in Japan. Based on an actual five-year-old girl, this robot can speak, wave, walk, pick things up, and even sense when other objects touch its skin. And I'm having trouble not referring to it as "she," which should tell you how eerie the resemblance is between the Repliee R-1 and a physical human girl. More »
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