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Author Ishiguro, Hiroshi, 1963- author.

Uniform Title Dsureba hito o tsukureruka. English
Title How human is human? : the view from robotics research / Ishiguro Hiroshi ; translated by Tony Gonzalez.

Publication Info. Tokyo : Japan Publishing Industry Foundation for Culture (JPIC), 2020.

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Edition First English edition.
Description 175 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm.
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Series Japan library
Japan library (Shuppan Bunka Sangy Shink Zaidan)
Contents From daily-life robots to androids -- Remotely controlled androids -- Becoming an android -- Adapting to geminoids -- Relationships with Geminoids -- Another you ... -- Androids exceeding humans -- Making ourselves like androids -- Portable geminoids -- Minimal human design : telenoids -- A minimal medium for sensing presence : Hugvie.
Summary "How Human Is Human?: The View from Robotics Research presents an overview of various androids created by its author, Hiroshi Ishiguro, along with episodes and difficulties encountered during their development. Unlike the industrial robots so commonly seen in today's factories, Dr. Ishiguro's androids are designed with a focus on providing new tools for human interaction and communication. Of particular note are his Geminoid series androids, which are designed to exactly duplicate the appearance of actual living beings (in the case of the latter, Ishiguro himself), providing insights into psychological phenomena arising from the experience of encountering one's doppelgänger. These androids further allow for remote operations over the Internet, allowing users to project their voice and even movements, thereby establishing a sense of presence that is impossible through commonplace technologies such as video conferencing. These androids thus represent a first step toward telepresence technologies only encountered today in works of science fiction"-- Back cover.
Subject Human-robot interaction.
Androids -- Psychological aspects.
Robotics -- Human factors.
Telepresence.
Human-computer interaction.
Human-computer interaction. (OCoLC)fst00963494
Added Author Gonzalez, Tony, translator.
Translation of: Ishiguro, Hiroshi, 1963- Dsureba hito o tsukureruka.
ISBN 9784866581378
4866581379

 
    
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