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 doppelganger. 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.
Author(s): ISHIGURO Hiroshi, Tony Gonzalez
Publisher: Japan Publishing Industry Foundation for Culture
Year: 2020
Prologue
CONTENTS
CHAPTER 1 FROM DAILY-LIFE ROBOTS TO ANDROIDS
CHAPTER 2 REMOTELY CONTROLLED ANDROIDS
CHAPTER 3 A WORLD OF SURROGATES
CHAPTER 4 BECOMING AN ANDROID
CHAPTER 5 ADAPTING TO GEMINOIDS
CHAPTER 6 RELATIONSHIPS WITH GEMINOIDS
CHAPTER 7 ANOTHER YOU
CHAPTER 8 ANDROIDS EXCEEDING HUMANS
CHAPTER 9 MAKING OURSELVES LIKE ANDROIDS
CHAPTER 10 PORTABLE GEMINOIDS
CHAPTER 11 MINIMAL HUMAN DESIGN: TELENOIDS
CHAPTER 12 A MINIMAL MEDIUM FOR SENSING PRESENCE: HUGVIE
Epilogue
Acknowledgements
About the Author
About the Translator
