Research Catalog

Title

How human is human? : the view from robotics research / Ishiguro Hiroshi ; translated by Tony Gonzalez.

Author

• 石黒浩, 1963--
• Ishiguro, Hiroshi, 1963-

Publication

• Tokyo : Japan Publishing Industry Foundation for Culture (JPIC), 2020.
• ©2020

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Additional Authors

• Gonzalez, Tony
• Ishiguro, Hiroshi, 1963-

Description

175 pages : illustrations; 22 cm.

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.

Series Statement

Japan library

Uniform Title

• どうすれば「人」を創れるか. English
• Dō sureba "hito" o tsukureru ka. English
• Japan library (Shuppan Bunka Sangyō Shinkō Zaidan)

Alternative Title

• どうすれば「人」を創れるか.
• Dō sureba "hito" o tsukureru ka.
• View from robotics research

Subject

• Human-robot interaction
• Androids > Psychological aspects
• Robotics > Human factors
• Telepresence
• Human-computer interaction

Language (note)

• Translated from the Japanese.

Contents

From daily-life robots to androids -- Remotely controlled androids -- A world of surrogates -- 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.

ISBN

• 9784866581378
• 4866581379

LCCN

2020436103

OCLC

• 1228149920
• on1228149920

Owning Institutions

Princeton University Library