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The Amazing Androids of Hiroshi Ishiguro

To understand how the human mind works, a Japanese researcher is building androids that look just like real people

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Erico Guizzo is IEEE Spectrum’s digital innovation director.

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Andoroid Repliee Q2 (R) gestures while graduate student Motoko Noma watches at an exhibition during Core Technology Symposium in Tokyo October 31, 2006. Repliee Q2, with 42 actuators to generate human-like behaviour, has been developed by Department of Adaptive Machine Systems Graduate School of Engineering of Osaka University.

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To understand how the human mind works, Japanese roboticist Hiroshi Ishiguro is building androids that look just like real people.

Robots for Real: The Amazing Androids of Hiroshi Ishiguro

This slide show is part of our special report “ Robots for Real.”

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