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How Human Is Human?

How Human Is Human?

The View from Robotics Research

Ishiguro Hiroshi
Translated by Tony Gonzalez

Japan Library series
Japan Publishing Industry Foundation for Culture

Science

¥2,800 + tax

ISBN 9784866581378
210 mm x 148 mm / 178 pp. / March 2020

How Human Is Human?: The View from Robotics Research presents an overview of various androids created by its author, Hiroshi Ishiguro, along with episodes and difficulties encountered during their development. Unlike the industrial robots so commonly seen in today’s factories, Dr. Ishiguro’s androids are designed with a focus on providing new tools for human interaction and communication. Of particular note are his Geminoid series androids, which are designed to exactly duplicate the appearance of actual living beings (in the case of the latter, Ishiguro himself), providing insights into psychological phenomena arising from the experience of encountering one’s doppelgänger. These androids further allow for remote operations over the Internet, allowing users to project their voice and even movements, thereby establishing a sense of presence that is impossible through commonplace technologies such as video conferencing. These androids thus represent a first step toward telepresence technologies only encountered today in works of science fiction.

 

ISHIGURO Hiroshi
Ishiguro Hiroshi received a Ph.D. in systems engineering from Osaka University in 1991. He is currently a distinguished professor in the Department of Systems Innovation at Osaka University (2009–) and Visiting Director of Hiroshi Ishiguro Laboratories (2011–) at the Advanced Telecommunications Research Institute (ATR). He has published more than 300 papers for major journals and conferences. His robots have been highlighted more than 500 times in media including The Discovery Channel, NHK, and the BBC. In 2011, he won the Osaka Cultural Award, presented by the Osaka Prefectural Government and the Osaka City Government for his contributions to the advancement of culture in Osaka. In 2015, he received the Prize for Science and Technology (Research Category) from Japan’s Minister of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology.

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Japan Library series
Science

Publisher:
Japan Publishing Industry Foundation for Culture

Hardcover
¥2,800 + tax
ISBN 9784866581378
210 mm x 148 mm / 178 pp. / March 2020

eBook
ISBN 9784866581576 (ePub)
ISBN 9784866581682 (PDF)

Prologue / 1. From Daily-Life Robots to Androids / 2. Remotely Controlled Androids / 3. A World of Surrogates / 4. Becoming an Android / 5. Adapting to Geminoids / 6. Relationships with Geminoids / 7. Another You / 8. Androids Exceeding Humans / 9. Making Ourselves like Androids / 10. Portable Geminoids / 11. Minimal Human Design: Telenoids / 12. A Minimal Medium for Sensing Presence: Hugvie / Epilogue / Acknowledgements / About the Author / About the Translator

あなたは人間ですか—。日本が誇るロボット研究の第一人者である筆者が挑むのは、限りなく人間に近いアンドロイド、自分そっくりの「ジェミノイド」づくりだ。製作前後の徹底分析から見えてくる、人間の本質とは。

石黒 浩
1963(昭和38)年、滋賀県生まれ。ロボット工学者。大阪大学大学院基礎工学研究科システム創成専攻・特別教授、ATR石黒浩特別研究所客員所長&ATRフェロー。知能ロボットと知覚情報基盤の研究開発を行い、次世代の情報・ロボット基盤の実現をめざす。人間酷似型ロボット研究の第一人者。2007(平成19)年、英Synectics社の「世界の100人の生きている天才」で日本人最高位の26位に選ばれる。’11年、大阪文化賞受賞。

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Original Japanese Edition

どうすれば「人」を創れるか:アンドロイドになった私

石黒 浩 著

新潮社 刊

2014/10/28