Photographer Max Aguilera-Hellweg and Siddhartha Srinivasa, Professor at the Robotics Institute at Carnegie Mellon University, talk about the future of robots and how robots are becoming more human. Max Aguilera-Hellweg took the photographs for the article “Making Robots Human,” in the August issue of National Geographic magazine, and Siddhartha Srinivasa is featured in the story. With advances in technology that allow robots to speak, blink, smile and perform such tasks as folding clothes and cooking, questions are being raised as to how human is too human. They explore how much everyday human function we want to outsource to machines, how the robot revolution will change the way we relate to each other, and if we’re ready for robots.
Making Robots Human
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POST-HUMAN
From 23 October 2010:
In 2007, the Japanese central government pledged $26 billion over ten years to develop a robot dependent society and lifestyle that is safe, comfortable and convenient. One person who is helping to make this vision a reality is Professor Hiroshi Ishiguro of Advanced Telecommunications Research Institute in Kyoto. He calls himself an Android Scientist and along with his multi disciplinary team of scientists he is creating very human-like robots or androids called Geminoids.
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A moving story of love, robot style.
Guests:
Hiroshi Ishiguro Professor of Osaka University Dept of Systems Innovation Visiting Group Leader of Intelligent Robotics & Communications Laboratories at (ATR) Advanced Telecommunications Research Institute International
Michael Berthin PhD candidate in Anthropology at London School of Economics
Kohei Ogawa Android Scientist
Christian Becker-Asano Android Scientist
http://www.abc.net.au/radionational/programs/360/post-human/2971136