Roboticist ������ Ishiguro � ��� ����� Doppelganger Japanese roboticist Hiroshi Ishiguro created a robot clone of himself. �������� roboticist ������ Ishiguro ������� ������ ���� ������ ����. His incredibly lifelike mechanical double, "Geminoid HI-1," sometimes takes his place in meetings and classes. ��� ���������� ������������ ������������ ������� ", Geminoid HI-1," ������ �������� ���� ����� � ���������� � �������.

Hiroshi Ishiguro, a senior researcher at ATR Intelligent Robotics and Communication Laboratories outside Kyoto, is a busy man. ������ Ishiguro, ������� ������� ATR ���������������� ������������� � ����� ������������ �� ��������� �����, ��� ������� �������. Between his two jobs, countless meetings and presentations, his demanding schedule was eating up all his time. ����� ���� ����� ������� ����, ������������ ���������� ������ � �����������, ������ ��� ���������� ���� ��� ��� ���� �����. So he built an android version of himself to pick up the slack. ������� �� �������� android ������ ��� ��������� ��������.

The robot looks and moves exactly like him. ����� �������� � �������� ����� ��� ��, ��� ���. It sits on a chair and gazes around the room in a very humanlike fashion, just like Hiroshi. �� ����� �� ���� � ������� ������ ������� � ����� humanlike ����, ������� ������. It blinks and fidgets in its seat, moving its foot up and down restlessly, its shoulders rising gently as though it were breathing. �� ������ � fidgets � ���� �����, �������� �� ���� ����� � ���� restlessly, �� ����� ���� ���������, ��� ����� ��� ���� ������. These micromovements are so convincing that it's hard to believe this is a machine — it seems more like a man wearing a rubber mask. ��� micromovements ��������� �����������, ��� ������ �������� � ��� ������ - �������, ������ ������ ������� ������ ��������� �����. But a living, breathing man. �� �����, ������� ��������.

Ishiguro's doppelgänger was made from casts taken from his own body. Ishiguro � doppelgänger ���� ������� �� ������� ���� �� ��� ������������ ����. Powered by pressurized air and small actuators, it runs on semiautonomous motion programs. Powered ����� �������� ������� � ����� ��������, ��� �������� �� semiautonomous �������� ��������.
Roboticist ������ Ishiguro
Geminoid can be operated remotely so the robot reproduces the voice, posture and lip movements of Ishiguro, who wears a motion-capture system. Geminoid ����� ��������� �������� ��� ����� ������������� �����, ���� � �������� ��� Ishiguro, ������� ����� �������� ����� �������. A mouseclick raises a hand or finger. Mouseclick ��������� ���� ��� �����.

Ishiguro, whose job is teaching at Osaka University, an hour's drive away, designed Geminoid so he could "robot in" to his classes and skip the commute. Ishiguro, ��� ������ ����������� ����������� � ������������ �����, ���� ���� ��, ������������ Geminoid, ����� �� ��� "�����" � ����� ������� � ���������� ������. As he steps out from behind a curtain like the Wizard of Oz, standing beside his robot self, the shift is disconcerting. ��� �� �� ����� ��-�� ��������, ��� ��������� ��, ���� ����� ������ ������ �������, ����� �������������.
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I wish I could get a � ���������, � �� ��� �������� clone of myself ���� ���� , several in fact. , �� ����� ���� ���������. Hiroshi's research will hopefully give us more insight into what gives a human his illusive presence. ������ ������������ �� ��������, ��� ����� ����������� � ��, ��� ���� ��� illusive ������������� �����������. Geminoid HI-1 already has palpable gravitas but it isn't Data (from Star Trek) yet, not by a long shot. Geminoid HI-1 ��� ������ gravitas, �� ��� �� �������� ������ (�� �������� ����) ��� �� ����� �����������.