Issues

What are robots supposed to do?

Does it need a body?

Does it even need a head or face?


Fictional Humanoid Agents

Computer (Star Trek) v1, 1966, Computer (Star Trek) v2, see also Data in first video.

THEMES: Data, Bicentennial Man, Making Mr. Right, Westworld, and to some extent AI below have the theme: robot wants to become human.

THEMES: 2001 has the theme: humans are the problem, get rid of them. See the work of Daniel Wilson

Hal (2001), 1968, I'm sorry Dave ..., Daisy ...

C3PO (Star Wars) 1977-now

Making Mr. Right, 1987

Andrew (Bicentennial Man), 1999

AI, 2001

THEMES: Lars and the Real Girl and Robot and Frank share the theme: robots can meet a human need (that isn't being met by humans). Westworld?

Lars and the Real Girl, 2007

Robot and Frank, 2012

Samantha (Her) 2013

Westworld, 2016 Westworld, 2018

THEMES: Another theme: robots compete with humans for survival (Terminator, ...).

THEMES: Related theme: Creating robots is forbidden fruit, and destroys the creator (Sorcerer's apprentice).

Rosie, Jarvis, Baymax


Real Robots

Waseda history

ASIMO

Early leg lab

DARPA Robotics Challenge

Atlas II, jumping

Handle

Spot mini

Spot mini with arm

Marc Raibert recent talk

Pepper, Pepper

LG Cloi, Mayfield Robotics Kuri, Aeolus, Segway Loomo, Amy Robotics AI, Qihan Sanbot Elf, EQL Qubi, Blue Frog Robotics Buddy

Telepresence robots


Artificial People


WIRED: Ishiguro

Actroid Wikipedia

Geminoid DK Scharfe closeup. All Geminoids together. Ideology.

Geminoid DK Scharfe closeup. All Geminoids together.

Geminoid F Actress version. Stills after 1:00. 1:40 - mechanisms.

Actroid F Male and female versions.

Actroid F2 Mostly face demo.

Actroid-SIT Spectrum article.

Actroid-SIT Video, not good view.

HRP-4C Singing

HRP-4C Walking

Hanson site

Hanson

Dental

Paro

Uncanny Valley Popular Science version

Uncanny Valley Wikipedia

Activision

Uncanny Valley recent game character.

www.kokoro-dreams.co.jp

Papero (18:50)

Making an android

Robot Baby

Tonight Show: Sophia, Sophia, Sophia walks! Sophia is a puppet Wierd Sofia video

Jia Jia

Mark 1

Documentary

Survey part 1


Promotional Videos

Kuri

Buddy