DocumentCode
1447662
Title
The man who made a copy of himself
Author
Guizzo, Erico
Volume
47
Issue
4
fYear
2010
fDate
4/1/2010 12:00:00 AM
Firstpage
44
Lastpage
56
Abstract
Hiroshi Ishiguro, a roboticist at Osaka University, in Japan, has, as you might expect, built many robots. But his latest aren´t run-of-the-mill automatons. Ishiguro´s recent creations look like normal people. One is an android version of a middleaged family man-himself.
Keywords
human-robot interaction; humanoid robots; mobile robots; pneumatic actuators; Hiroshi Ishiguro; Japan; Osaka University; android version; human-robot interaction; mechanical doppelganger; pneumatic actuators; roboticist; silicone rubber; Automata; Robotics and automation;
fLanguage
English
Journal_Title
Spectrum, IEEE
Publisher
ieee
ISSN
0018-9235
Type
jour
DOI
10.1109/MSPEC.2010.5434851
Filename
5434851
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