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Tag Archives: kokoro
Robot Replicants Gather With Their Originals In World’s Creepiest Reunion (video)
There are only a handful of people in the world who can say they have a robotic clone of themselves, [...]
Posted in Robots, Video Central
Tagged ATR, Geminoid, Geminoid F, Geminoid HI-1, Geminoid-DK, Henrik Sharfe, hiroshi ishiguro, kokoro, replicants, robot clone
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Actroid F Female Telepresence Robot Looks Super Real, Creepy
When you speak with your family over a webcam they may be able to see your face, but they don’t [...]
Posted in Robots
Tagged Actroid F, AIST, ATR, Geminoid F, hiroshi ishiguro, kokoro, osaka university, Teleconference, telepresence, telerobot, uncanny valley
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Robot Performs Wedding in Japan (Video)
For what was probably the first time in history, a Japanese couple was married under the cold mechanical gaze of [...]
Posted in Robots
Tagged changing public attitudes about robots, culture, i-Fairy, japan, kokoro, wedding
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Creepy but Very Life-Like Telepresence Replicant from Kokoro (video)
In the future, those unable to attend a meeting in person may decide to send a creepy robot in their [...]
Posted in Robots
Tagged ATR, Geminoid, hiroshi ishiguro, Intelligent Robotics Lab, kokoro, replicant, telepresence, telerobot
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UCSD and Kokoro Team Up To Make Terrifying Baby Robot
Researchers beware: if photos of your prototype robot are published too soon you may freak everyone out. The Machine Perception [...]
Posted in Robots
Tagged baby bot, Diego-San, Javier Movellan, kokoro, machine perception lab, replicant, UC san dieo
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Robot Look Alikes Go On Sale in Japan (Video)
It may be years before you can purchase a genetic clone of yourself, but robotic ones are already on sale [...]
Posted in Robots
Tagged actroid, hiroshi ishiguro, iRex 2009, kokoro, osaka university, replicant, seibu, sogo
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Cool Robots from iREX 2009 (Pics and Video)
Japan gets all the cool stuff. Last week the International Robot Exhibition (iREX) finished in Tokyo with hundreds of exhibitors [...]