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Tag Archives: replicant
Latest Geminoid Robot Looks More Human than Creepy (video)
The Uncanny Valley is a pit of doom for robots, few that dare enter its depths will ever emerge again. [...]
Posted in Robots, Video Central
Tagged Aalborg University, actroid, android, Geminoid, Geminoid-DK, Henrik Sharfe, hiroshi ishiguro, replicant
15 Comments
Telenoid – The Creepiest Telepresence Robot You’ll Ever Love (video)
Imagine talking to your friends through a robotic copy of Casper the Friendly Ghost. That’s what I imagine it must [...]
Posted in Robots
Tagged Ars Electronica 2010, ATR, eager, hiroshi ishiguro, osaka university, replicant, telenoid, telepresence, telerobot, telerobotics
2 Comments
NY Times Interviews Replicant While Its Owners Prepare for Digital Resurrection
Modern robots don’t make the best conversationalists. That’s something that New York Times reporter Amy Harmon found out the hard [...]
Posted in AI, Robots
Tagged Amy Harmon, Bina Rothblatt, Bina48, chatbot, chatterbot, Hanson Robotics, Martina Rothblatt, New York Times, replicant, Terasem Movement Foundation
8 Comments
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
1 Comment
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
2 Comments
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
5 Comments