article_snippet.sent: Android Asuna was a star attraction at Tokyo Designers’ Week showcase last year and Android Asuna is one of a series of geminoids,
article_snippet.sent: Android Asuna was a star attraction at Tokyo Designers’ Week showcase last year.
article_snippet.sent: Android Asuna relies on a camera rigged behind Android Asuna that is relayed to a remote human controller to give Android Asuna life .
article_snippet.sent: Android Asuna is so convincing that many bowed respectfully before requesting politely to take Android Asuna photo or join a selfie.
article_snippet.sent: Unable, for now, to use some of the advanced artificial intelligence (AI), face and voice recognition systems that some Japanese robots coming on the market now use, Android Asuna relies on a camera rigged behind Android Asuna that is relayed to a remote human controller to give Android Asuna life.
article_snippet.sent: This so-called tele-presence enables Android Asuna to come alive, taking on the operator’s personality.
article_snippet.sent: A fully independent version of the geminoid is expected in 10 years using all the above technologies to make Android Asuna virtually indistinguishable from humans says Takeshi Mita, CEO of A-Lab in Tokyo, the company working with Prof. Ishiguro to make Android Asuna and Android Asuna kind commercial.
article_snippet.sent: ' Already Asuna and other androids from A-lab have had a taste of the limelight, appearing on stage and voicing actors lines using tele-presence.