Two humanoid robots on Wednesday made their debut as part of a new exhibit at Japan’s National Museum of Emerging Science and Innovation, or Miraikan. The newly unveiled Kodomoroid — a child android — and Otonaroid, an adult female android, are designed to fill human roles as the world’s first android announcer and as the Miraikan’s android science communicator, respectively. Along with Telenoid — a minimalistic humanlike robot introduced in 2010 — the two are part of a new exhibition at the museum entitled, “Android: What is Human?”
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‘Lifelike’ New Robots Deliver News, Chat You Up
Posted by: Katherine Noyes June 26, 2014 07:05 AMTwo humanoid robots on Wednesday made their debut as part of a new exhibit at Japan’s National Museum of Emerging Science and Innovation, or Miraikan. The newly unveiled Kodomoroid — a child android — and Otonaroid, an adult female android, are designed to fill human roles as the world’s first android announcer and as the Miraikan’s android science communicator, respectively. Along with Telenoid — a minimalistic humanlike robot introduced in 2010 — the two are part of a new exhibition at the museum entitled, “Android: What is Human?”