Hiroshi Ishiguro
| Hiroshi Ishiguro | |
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Ishiguro in 2011 | |
| Born | Hiroshi Ishiguro |
| Nationality | Japanese |
| Occupation | Engineer |
| Employer | Osaka University |
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Hiroshi Ishiguro (石黒浩 Ishiguro Hiroshi) is director of the Intelligent Robotics Laboratory, part of the Department of Systems Innovation in the Graduate School of Engineering Science at Osaka University, Japan. A notable development of the laboratory is the Actroid, a humanoid robot with lifelike appearance and visible behaviour such as facial movements.
Work
In robot development, Ishiguro concentrates on the idea of making a robot that is as similar as possible to a live human being; at the unveiling in July 2005 of the female android named Repliee Q1Expo, he was quoted as saying "I have developed many robots before, but I soon realised the importance of its appearance. A human-like appearance gives a robot a strong feeling of presence. ... Repliee Q1Expo can interact with people. It can respond to people touching it. It's very satisfying, although we obviously have a long way to go yet."[1] In his opinion, it may be possible to build an android that is indistinguishable from a human, at least during a brief encounter.
Ishiguro has made an android that resembles him, called the Geminoid. The Geminoid was among the robots featured by James May in his 5 October 2008 BBC2 documentary on robots Man-Machine in his series Big Ideas. He also introduced a telecommunication robot called the Telenoid R1. Ishiguro has been listed as one of the 15 Asian Scientists To Watch by Asian Scientist Magazine on 15 May 2011.[2]
Career timeline
- 1986.3: Graduate of University of Yamanashi
- 1991.3: Graduate of the Graduate School of Engineering Science at Osaka University
- 1994.10: Associate Professor at Kyoto University
- 1998.3: Visiting Fellow of University of California, San Diego
- 2000.4: Associate Professor of Wakayama University
- 2001.4: Professor of Wakayama University
- 2003.4: Professor of Osaka University
Awards
- Prize for Science and Technology by the Minister of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology (MEXT), April 2015
- Best paper award at the 4th ACM/IEEE International Conference on Human-Robot Interaction (HRI 2009), March 2009
- Best paper and poster awards at the 2nd ACM/IEEE International Conference on Human-Robot Interaction (HRI 2007), March 2007
- Best Humanoid Award (Kid size) at RoboCup 2006 (Bremen, Germany)
Publications
Books
Papers
Movie appearances
- Mechanical Love (2007) Ishiguro and his work forms a major component of this documentary on the interrelationship between humans and robots.
- Surrogates (2009) During the opening montage showing the development of the surrogates, there appears footage of Ishiguro and his Geminoid.
- Plug & Pray (2010) Ishiguro is one of the scientists featured in the film
- Samsara (2011 film)
References
- ↑ Whitehouse, David, "Japanese develop 'female' android", BBC News, 27 July 2005]
- ↑ "The Ultimate List Of 15 Asian Scientists To Watch – Hiroshi Ishiguro". AsianScientist.com. May 15, 2011. Retrieved June 6, 2011.
The Gems: http://www.amazon.com/The-Gems-Robert-Black-ebook/dp/B00KGH4ZOE
External links
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- Osaka Intelligent Robotics Laboratory website
- Hiroshi Ishiguro: The Man Who Made a Copy of Himself (IEEE Spectrum, April 2010)
- Geminoid official website
The Gems: http://www.amazon.com/The-Gems-Robert-Black-ebook/dp/B00KGH4ZOE