How would you feel if you met Danish Professor Henrik Scharfe and then moments later were introduced to another Henrik Scharfe, this time an almost identical android? You can now actually do this, ...
We always thought the award for “creepiest replicant/cyborg creation” would go to a Japanese model, since they always seem to be coming out with newer (and more erotic) versions of Asian humanoids, ...
Incredibly cool or insanely creepy? Yes, that is an actual robot. Japanese researchers have blurred the lines between man and machine with their latest robot, the incredibly realistic Geminoid DK. It ...
The Uncanny Valley is a pit of doom for robots, few that dare enter its depths will ever emerge again. Yet the latest realistic robot from genius Hiroshi Ishiguro is as close to spanning the valley as ...
Uncannily realistic telepresence humanoids aren't just for the Japanese -- this week, it was revealed that Denmark is home to a brand-new Geminoid-- the Geminoid DK. Modeled after professor Henrik ...
An amazing and somewhat terrifying video is making the rounds this afternoon, featuring a test of an extremely life-like robot known as the Geminoid DK. In a mechanical test (video below), the robot ...
Robots with beards; truly, we are wading through the future. Geminoid-DK is the handiwork of Japanese firm Kokoro and robotics professor Hiroshi Ishiguro, designed to look exactly like ...
This robot right here is the Geminoid DK, an android clone of Professor Henrik Scharfe of Denmark’s Aalborg University. It was built in conjunction with robot manufacturer Kokoro (who built Raptor ...
There are only a handful of people in the world who can say they have a robotic clone of themselves, and most of them just got together in Japan. ATR's facilities in Nara hosted a bizarre reunion at ...
Sweet merciful fates: this is a robot. Called a Geminoid, these things came into fame with an early version in 2005 by Prof. Hiroshi Ishiguro of ATR. This new version seems completely revamped and ...