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This is a research project investigating the relationship between avatar robots and society.
This is a part of the research of “Cybernetic Avatar Technology and Social System Design for Harmonious Co-experience and Collective Ability,” which is a part of the Japanese government’s Moonshot R&D Program Goal #1: “Realization of a society in which human beings can be free from limitations of body, brain, space, and time by 2050.”
NEW
NEW
Avatar Robots: Let's Take a Moment and Think with Them
Cards that invite you to explore the relationship between avatar robots and people through questions rather than answers.
As part of this project, the Ema Lab's Thinking with Avatar Robots project has created a series of cards that gather questions about avatar robots.
These cards are not meant to provide answers. Instead, they are designed to spark conversations and encourage people to think together.
The questions on the cards are based on what people have actually wondered about and expressed in real-world settings where avatar robots are used.
The illustrations were created by volunteer OriHime pilots working at the BUNSHIN Robot Café.
We hope you'll pick up a card and start a conversation with someone around you.
Where to find the cards: BUNSHIN Robot Café DAWN ver.β (Access)
Project website: https://sites.google.com/g.ecc.u-tokyo.ac.jp/thinking-with-avatar-robots/en
* Cards and articles are available for download.
EVENTS
EVENTS
”Does AI make people happy?” ”Is it dangerous?” – Global AI Dialogue Call for Participants in Interactive workshop on Artificial Intelligence
# Workshop
2024/08/24
Staying Connected: Implementing Avatar Robots at Schools in Norway, Denmark, Germany, and Japan
# Panel discussion
2023/09/26
Robot (inter)faces: Understanding and mapping robot/avatar faces
# Panel discussion
2023/04/11
Event report Japanese
How can we tackle unconscious bias? : Unconscious bias training for promoting diversity management (Report 1 on the project commissioned by the Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry)
# Panel discussion
2023/02/22
Event report Japanese ／Policy recommendation Japanese
The potential and challenges of unconscious bias VR training: Unconscious bias training for promoting diversity management (Report 2 on the Project Commissioned by the Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry)
# Panel discussion
2023/02/22
Event report Japanese ／Policy recommendation Japanese
GPAI SUMMIT 2022 “Future of Work” Side Event -Challenges and Issues for Diverse Societies and Work Styles: Co-creation of AI/Avatar and Human
# Panel discussion
2022/11/22
Event report／Video Japanese
Can VR Promote Awareness of Unconscious Bias? Workshop project on the work environment surrounding child-rearing
# Panel discussion
2022/03/03
Event report／Policy recommendation Japanese
Issues concerning symbiosis, co-creation, and co-evolution of humans and avatars/robots
# Panel discussion
2021/11/08
REPORTS
REPORTS
”Guidelines for Implementing Avatar Robot-based Work Methods 2024”
Japanese
2024/03/18
”Proposal for Unconscious Bias Training Utilizing Virtual Reality
Toward Accelerating Diversity, Equity & Inclusion”
# Policy recommendation
2023/10
VIDEOS
VIDEOS
Tokyo College 5th Anniversary Event “Shaping a Future of the Planet and Humanity Together”
Lecture by EMA Arisa “How to get along with AI/robots?” (26:19-)
# Lecture # Symposium
2024/12/18
OriHime Experience Event
# Workshop
2024/08/24
GPAI SUMMIT 2022 “Future of Work” Side Event -Challenges and Issues for Diverse Societies and Work Styles: Co-creation of AI/Avatar and Human
# Panel discussion Japanese
2022/11/22
BOOK
BOOK
"Bunshin robot to no Tsukiaikata (How to 'Get along with' Avatar Robots?)"
Iwanami Junior Start Books Japanese
2024/12/18
UTokyo BiblioPlaza
# Book overview
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