Fri 6.9. 10:00 – 21:00
Ars Electronica Center, RoboLab
Hiroshi Ishiguro (JP)
Seven years ago, Hiroshi Ishiguro (JP) created the remote-controlled android Geminoid HI-1 as a copy of himself. Equipped with 46 servomotors and various sensors, it’s one of the most complex robots ever built and is correspondingly difficult to transport. Accordingly, Ishiguro built a more mobile version, Geminoid HI-4. This lightweight model can converse with humans, and has 12 servomotors for facial expressions as well as eye and head movements.
Ishiguro and Geminoid HI-4 are usually not at the same place at the same time. While one of the two is out delivering a speech somewhere, the other is at work, maybe in Japan. Or vice-versa.
Fri 6.9. 10:00 – 21:00
Ars Electronica Center, RoboLab
