To understand the reasoning behind the android and why this particular science fiction author, above others, was chosen... [more inside]
posted by dubold on May 14, 2012 - 11 comments

Meet the Geminoid DK, who looks exactly like Associate Professor Henrik Scharfe of Aalborg University in Denmark. If you're wondering why on Earth someone would want an exact robotic double of themselves, besides being TOTALLY AND COMPLETELY AWESOME, the Geminoid is going to be used for researching "emotional affordances" in human-robot interaction, the novel notion of "blended presence," as well as cultural differences (from different continents) in the perception of robots.
posted by amro on Mar 7, 2011 - 32 comments

Meet Actroid-F, the "world's first true Android", unveiled this month at a laboratory fair at Japan's National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology. Designed to be used as an observer in hospitals to gauge patient reactions, the robot can replicate surprisingly subtle facial movements. Previously.
posted by Dragonness on Oct 28, 2010 - 58 comments

Fembot (overview 1 of 2); [more inside]
posted by Meatbomb on Dec 21, 2009 - 21 comments