These Human Robots Will Haunt Your Nightmares
Japan hopes lifelike robots will be as common as laptops
Meet Otonaroid and Kodomoroid, two eerily lifelike robots who can read fluently, recite tongue twisters, blink, move and twitch their eyebrows (natch).
Japanese android expert Hiroshi Ishiguro unveiled the female cyborgs on Tuesday at the National Museum of Merging Science and Innovation. The two will be on display at the Museum for visitors to interact with.
Ishiguro’s robotics are the latest confirmation of the uncanny valley hypothesis, which posits that humans find discomfort when robotic and animated humans approach a natural human appearance.
With Softbank’s commercialization of robots, Ishiguro—who’s previously designed his own doppelgänger robots—hopes that robots will soon become a part of everyday life in Japan.
Kodomoroid and Otonaroid: Professor Ishiguro's new androids at Miraikan - YouTube
You Won’t Believe How Incredibly Creepy These Robots Are - TIME
- Jack Linshi @jacklinshi
Japan hopes lifelike robots will be as common as laptops
Meet Otonaroid and Kodomoroid, two eerily lifelike robots who can read fluently, recite tongue twisters, blink, move and twitch their eyebrows (natch).
Japanese android expert Hiroshi Ishiguro unveiled the female cyborgs on Tuesday at the National Museum of Merging Science and Innovation. The two will be on display at the Museum for visitors to interact with.
Ishiguro’s robotics are the latest confirmation of the uncanny valley hypothesis, which posits that humans find discomfort when robotic and animated humans approach a natural human appearance.
With Softbank’s commercialization of robots, Ishiguro—who’s previously designed his own doppelgänger robots—hopes that robots will soon become a part of everyday life in Japan.
Kodomoroid and Otonaroid: Professor Ishiguro's new androids at Miraikan - YouTube
You Won’t Believe How Incredibly Creepy These Robots Are - TIME
