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Bilocation via avatarbot

Like many of us who have 'way too much going on, Hiroshi Ishiguro wished he could be in two places at once. Unlike most of us, he's pulled it off by building a Hiroshi-bot, a robot that mimics his appearance and movement. [Link]

Ishiguro said he wants the robot to have sonzai-kan, or presence. His group will try to quantify the elusive quality that makes people sit up and take notice, and figure out how it can be captured and transmitted.

"I want to check whether students, as well as my family, can feel my presence through Geminoid," says Ishiguro, who seems perfectly at ease with his new twin.

jon posted this at 7:18 AM
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