Tuesday, March 8, 2011

Geminoid ROBOT - A Big Leap Out of the Uncanny Valley

The latest Geminoid robot is the most lifelike one yet, and yet I still something creepy about its glazed, deadbeat expression and evil 

Like DK’s Geminoid predecessors, he is controlled remotely via a motion-capture system: When Scharfe frowns, the robot frowns, and when he smiles, the robot smiles. In addition to facial expressions and lip movements, this Internet-linked robot also captures the professor’s body movements.
In the near future, Scharfe plans on testing his robotic twin on his university class before shipping it back to Denmark’s new Geminoid Lab for further tweaking.

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