Posted July 21, 200618 yr http://www.engadget.com/2006/07/21/hiroshi-ishiguro-builds-his-evil-android-twin-geminoid-hi-1/ Seems like Hiroshi Ishiguro decided that if he's going to be a roboticist he might as well be a total badass about it, and has developed an "angry eyes" version of himself, the Geminoid HI-1. Other than a few Parent Trap inspired shenanigans we're sure he pulls on fellow researchers at ATR Intelligent Robotics and Communication Laboratories near Kyoto, Ishiguro is mainly using the bot to teach his classes for him, and creep out students with lifelike movements such as blinking, "breathing" and fidgeting. The bot can be remotely controlled via a motion capture system that tracks Ishiguro's mouth movements and allows the bot to speak his voice -- or that of an assistant if he's feeling particularly listless. The incredible realism comes from silicone molds cast from Ishiguro's own body, similar to the process behind a certain female resident of the uncanny valley, and is a bit of an experiment in the viability of telepresence. Ishiguro wants to find out if he can really command the attention of a classroom with a mere robot doppelgänger, but we're sure he doesn't mind skipping that commute either. yikes!
July 21, 200618 yr Author and there'sa female version too! I wonder if that' the evil twin in the background?
July 21, 200618 yr I'll bet that face was actually quite expensive. This is awesome, and will probably be looked back upon as a landmark event one day.
July 21, 200618 yr thats reeal creepy. i have a doppelganger. my cousin and i were born on the exact same day. so we consider each other to be the evil twin.
July 21, 200618 yr Author haha...... I dont have photoshop on this computer... but If I did..... the andorid would be wearing Kim Jong Ill glasses!
July 21, 200618 yr for real thats the first thing that popped into my head. i think im in the mode for creating a YTMND for this.
July 22, 200618 yr http://www.engadget.com/2006/07/21/hiroshi-ishiguro-builds-his-evil-android-twin-geminoid-hi-1/ yikes! wait which one is real...and which is the android?
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