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Geminoid Studies

Science and Technologies for Humanlike Teleoperated Androids

  • Presents the first book about Geminoid, which embodies a new concept of robots
  • Discusses transferring or reproducing the feeling of human presence by teleoperated humanoid robots
  • Evaluates robot appearance by using a brain science technique

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Table of contents (30 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xiii
  2. Development of an Android System Integrated with Sensor Networks

    • Takenobu Chikaraishi, Takashi Minato, Hiroshi Ishiguro
    Pages 1-19
  3. Building Artificial Humans to Understand Humans

    • Hiroshi Ishiguro, Shuichi Nishio
    Pages 21-37
  4. Androids as a Telecommunication Medium with a Humanlike Presence

    • Daisuke Sakamoto, Takayuki Kanda, Tetsuo Ono, Hiroshi Ishiguro, Norihiro Hagita
    Pages 39-56
  5. Generating Natural Motion in an Android by Mapping Human Motion

    • Daisuke Matsui, Takashi Minato, Karl F. MacDorman, Hiroshi Ishiguro
    Pages 57-73
  6. Formant-Based Lip Motion Generation and Evaluation in Humanoid Robots

    • Carlos T. Ishi, Chaoran Liu, Hiroshi Ishiguro, Norihiro Hagita
    Pages 75-88
  7. Analysis of Head Motions and Speech, and Head Motion Control in an Android Robot

    • Carlos Toshinori Ishi, Hiroshi Ishiguro, Norihiro Hagita
    Pages 89-110
  8. Generation of Head Motion During Dialogue Speech, and Evaluation in Humanoid Robots

    • Carlos T. Ishi, Chaoran Liu, Hiroshi Ishiguro
    Pages 111-135
  9. Uncanny Valley of Androids and the Lateral Inhibition Hypothesis

    • Michihiro Shimada, Takashi Minato, Shoji Itakura, Hiroshi Ishiguro
    Pages 137-155
  10. Evaluation of Robot Appearance Using a Brain Science Technique

    • Goh Matsuda, Kazuo Hiraki, Hiroshi Ishiguro
    Pages 157-162
  11. Persistence of the Uncanny Valley

    • Jakub A. ZÅ‚otowski, Hidenobu Sumioka, Shuichi Nishio, Dylan F. Glas, Christoph Bartneck, Hiroshi Ishiguro
    Pages 163-187
  12. Can a Teleoperated Android Represent Personal Presence?—A Case Study with Children

    • Shuichi Nishio, Hiroshi Ishiguro, Norihiro Hagita
    Pages 189-203
  13. Cues that Trigger Social Transmission of Disinhibition in Young Children

    • Yusuke Moriguchi, Takashi Minato, Hiroshi Ishiguro, Ikuko Shinohara, Shoji Itakura
    Pages 205-214
  14. Effects of Observing Eye Contact Between a Robot and Another Person

    • Michihiro Shimada, Yuichiro Yoshikawa, Mana Asada, Naoki Saiwaki, Hiroshi Ishiguro
    Pages 215-234
  15. Can an Android Persuade You?

    • Kohei Ogawa, Christoph Bartneck, Daisuke Sakamoto, Takayuki Kanda, Tetsuo Ono, Hiroshi Ishiguro
    Pages 235-247
  16. Attitude Change Induced by Different Appearances of Interaction Agents

    • Shuichi Nishio, Hiroshi Ishiguro
    Pages 249-261
  17. Do Robot Appearance and Speech Affect People’s Attitude? Evaluation Through the Ultimatum Game

    • Shuichi Nishio, Kohei Ogawa, Yasuhiro Kanakogi, Shoji Itakura, Hiroshi Ishiguro
    Pages 263-277
  18. Isolation of Physical Traits and Conversational Content for Personality Design

    • Hidenobu Sumioka, Shuichi Nishio, Erina Okamoto, Hiroshi Ishiguro
    Pages 279-292
  19. Body Ownership Transfer to a Teleoperated Android

    • Shuichi Nishio, Tetsuya Watanabe, Kohei Ogawa, Hiroshi Ishiguro
    Pages 293-303
  20. Effect of Perspective Change on Body Ownership Transfer

    • Kohei Ogawa, Koichi Taura, Shuichi Nishio, Hiroshi Ishiguro
    Pages 305-316

About this book

This book describes the teleoperated android Geminoid, which has a very humanlike appearance, movements, and perceptions, requiring unique developmental techniques. The book facilitates understanding of the framework of android science and how to use it in real human societies. 
Creating body parts of soft material by molding an existing person using a shape-memory form provides not only the humanlike texture of the body surface but also safe physical interaction, that is, humanlike interpersonal interaction between people and the android. The teleoperation also highlights novel effects in telecommunication. Operators of the Geminoid feel the robot's body as their own, and people encountering the teleoperated Geminoid perceive the robot's body as being possessed by the operator as well.
Where does the feeling of human presence come from? Can we transfer or reproduce human presence by technology? Geminoid may help to answer these questions. 

Editors and Affiliations

  • Osaka University, Toyonaka, Japan

    Hiroshi Ishiguro, Fabio Dalla Libera

About the editors

Hiroshi Ishigro is a professor in the Department of Systems Innovation and the Department of Adaptive Machine Systems, Osaka University, and group leader at ATR Intelligent Robotics and Communication Laboratories.  

Fabio Dalla Libera is an assistant professor in the Department of Adaptive Machine Systems, Osaka University, Japan. 


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Buying options

eBook USD 99.00
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Softcover Book USD 129.99
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  • Dispatched in 3 to 5 business days
  • Free shipping worldwide - see info
Hardcover Book USD 179.99
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  • Durable hardcover edition
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  • Free shipping worldwide - see info

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