by OLD1953 » Wed Apr 07, 2010 11:32 am
Interesting demonstration of what's coming. Not practical as yet for anything but facial gestures, but interesting all the same.
http://www.fastcompany.com/1607031/andr ... ns-science
She's a product of the Intelligent Robotics lab at Osaka University and robot builders Kokoro Co. Ltd., and she's dubbed Geminoid F (the "f" is for female.) And all that use of the word "she" is justified, as the bot is quite definitely convincingly female--which technically makes her a gynoid rather than an android.
Interesting demonstration of what's coming. Not practical as yet for anything but facial gestures, but interesting all the same.
http://www.fastcompany.com/1607031/android-robots-human-robotics-gynoid-augmented-reality-augmented-humans-science
She's a product of the Intelligent Robotics lab at Osaka University and robot builders Kokoro Co. Ltd., and she's dubbed Geminoid F (the "f" is for female.) And all that use of the word "she" is justified, as the bot is quite definitely convincingly female--which technically makes her a gynoid rather than an android.