Physical AI
HI-06 with Shosa
Implementing "shosa," Japan's unique form of conduct, into an android.
Scope
Gesture Design
/ Behavior Design
/ HRI Design
/ Presence Design
/ Co-Creation Program
/ Design Research
KiQ collaborated with Dr. Hiroshi Ishiguro and others to implement "shosa," Japan's unique form of conduct, into an android.
HI-06 is a teleoperated android of robotics scholar Dr. Hiroshi Ishiguro (Professor, Osaka University). It was developed at ATR and Osaka University for the purpose of researching human presence and of working remotely on Hiroshi Ishiguro's behalf.
KiQ researched shosa and designed HI-06's shosa, implementing expressive, rich shosa into the android. Dr. Peter Kahn, a psychologist and professor at the University of Washington in the United States, also participated.
- Year
- 2022
- Team
- Shosa Program: Kurima Sakai, Satoshi Funayama (ATR, Advanced Telecommunications Research Institute International), Takashi Minato (RIKEN, ATR), Hiroshi Ishiguro (Osaka University, ATR), Akane Kikuchi
- Category
- Physical AI
