Sophia #4,  Fo Tan, Hong Kong, 2017.  Surgical repair of jaw after accidental fall.
Sophia #4, Fo Tan, Hong Kong, 2017. Surgical repair of jaw after accidental fall.
 Posterior view, exposed spine, Actroid-DER1,  an android robot modeled after a generic Japanese woman, capable of human-like expression and speech through telepresence (a person in a remote space controlling robot movements, and conversing as the vo

Posterior view, exposed spine, Actroid-DER1, an android robot modeled after a generic Japanese woman, capable of human-like expression and speech through telepresence (a person in a remote space controlling robot movements, and conversing as the voice of the robot) for the purpose of rental to the general public for use as a host or guide. Manufactured by Kokoro Company Ltd, of Japan, this Actroid-DER1 was made temporarily on loan to the Emerging Media Graduate program at Carnegie Mellon University for the purpose of enhancing its human characteristics.

Biobiped1, Technische University Darmstadt
Biobiped1, Technische University Darmstadt

Biobiped1 is a biologically inspired musculoskeletal two-legged humanoid built by engineers with the aid of an anatomist with the goal of achieving a humanlike gait when walking and jogging. Bioped1’s legs mimic the human muscle-tendon groups of the lower limb using elastic (non-motorized) actuators (robot motors) tied to cables and springs in combination with actual “motorized” electric actuators.

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Fetusoid35, Lying in Neonatal Incubator, Asada Laboratory, Osaka University
Fetusoid35, Lying in Neonatal Incubator, Asada Laboratory, Osaka University

Experiment testing the hypothesis, can you build an android fetus and measure such parameters as pressure and torque to study medical issues of premature birth such as underdeveloped lungs.

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CB2, the toddler's leash
CB2, the toddler's leash

CB2’s teather cord with power, sensory data cables, and other data and control lines.

CB2 holding his rectus sheath
CB2 holding his rectus sheath
CB2
CB2

Learning to crawl is a basic first step in human learning, this was an initial question of the Asada lab, could they teach CB2 to crawl? To their surprise, what the data revealed was a detailed analysis of how humans teach infants to crawl, the caretaker-infant interaction, ie, that robots could be used to teach us about ourselves.

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Humanoid

Trailer for documentary about a photographer's journey photographing humanoid machines.

cover of humanoid, book of portraits of androids and humanoids, available on amazon
cover of humanoid, book of portraits of androids and humanoids, available on amazon
Sophia #4,  Fo Tan, Hong Kong, 2017.  Surgical repair of jaw after accidental fall.
 Posterior view, exposed spine, Actroid-DER1,  an android robot modeled after a generic Japanese woman, capable of human-like expression and speech through telepresence (a person in a remote space controlling robot movements, and conversing as the vo
Biobiped1, Technische University Darmstadt
MAH_Humanoid_038.jpg
Fetusoid35, Lying in Neonatal Incubator, Asada Laboratory, Osaka University
roboJapan_affeto2a_F.jpg
yume_potrait_DD7_F2_thisFr.jpg
ish_1F2r.jpg
android_1F.jpg
insideHanson'sHead_revised_FY_CU_BLK.jpg
CB2, the toddler's leash
CB2 holding his rectus sheath
CB2
MM7853_0496_bina48_Fr4.jpg
roboJapan_bina48Mirror_RFrr9_thisr.jpg
ishiguro_handsR_hands_F5d_this1FrrR.jpg
gem_f_mourning_F8_noRedrr.jpg
Humanoid
cover of humanoid, book of portraits of androids and humanoids, available on amazon
Sophia #4, Fo Tan, Hong Kong, 2017. Surgical repair of jaw after accidental fall.

Posterior view, exposed spine, Actroid-DER1, an android robot modeled after a generic Japanese woman, capable of human-like expression and speech through telepresence (a person in a remote space controlling robot movements, and conversing as the voice of the robot) for the purpose of rental to the general public for use as a host or guide. Manufactured by Kokoro Company Ltd, of Japan, this Actroid-DER1 was made temporarily on loan to the Emerging Media Graduate program at Carnegie Mellon University for the purpose of enhancing its human characteristics.

Biobiped1, Technische University Darmstadt

Biobiped1 is a biologically inspired musculoskeletal two-legged humanoid built by engineers with the aid of an anatomist with the goal of achieving a humanlike gait when walking and jogging. Bioped1’s legs mimic the human muscle-tendon groups of the lower limb using elastic (non-motorized) actuators (robot motors) tied to cables and springs in combination with actual “motorized” electric actuators.

Fetusoid35, Lying in Neonatal Incubator, Asada Laboratory, Osaka University

Experiment testing the hypothesis, can you build an android fetus and measure such parameters as pressure and torque to study medical issues of premature birth such as underdeveloped lungs.

CB2, the toddler's leash

CB2’s teather cord with power, sensory data cables, and other data and control lines.

CB2 holding his rectus sheath
CB2

Learning to crawl is a basic first step in human learning, this was an initial question of the Asada lab, could they teach CB2 to crawl? To their surprise, what the data revealed was a detailed analysis of how humans teach infants to crawl, the caretaker-infant interaction, ie, that robots could be used to teach us about ourselves.

Humanoid

Trailer for documentary about a photographer's journey photographing humanoid machines.

cover of humanoid, book of portraits of androids and humanoids, available on amazon
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