To stimulate the discussion, organizers will demonstrate one of our androids, Geminoid HI-5, and bring you a brainstorming workshop with our research activities.

Geminoid HI-5 is a tele-operated android head that has similar appearance of original person, Hiroshi Ishiguro. Geminoid HI-5 has sixteen degrees of freedom that allows itself to behave like actual humans. By using Geminoid HI-5, we demonstrate to questions that "What is a human presence?" and "Can human presence transfer to a remote place?"

You can find other photographs of the robot, HI-5, from

"https://www.flickr.com/photos/geminoid/tags/geminoidhi5/"

Movies and photos of other androids are also available from http://www.geminoid.jp/en/resources.html