The Facts

The Robot

• Geminoid-DK is a teleoperated android
• The robot does not possess any intelligence of its own
• Movement is restricted to the head and upper torso of the robot
• Movement is executed by means of pneumatic actuators inside the robot
• The robot is controlled by pre-programmed sequences of movements and by a system that relays movement of the operator to the robot
• Speech of the operator is transmitted to a speaker behind the robot

Manufacturing and Design

• Geminoid-DK is build and designed by Kokoro Inc., Tokyo.
  The design process was supervised by Henrik Scharfe
• The geminoid concept was originally proposed by Hiroshi Ishiguro

Economy

• The cost of the robot + lab equipment adds up to roughly 1 000 000 DKK
• This does not include the advanced research infrastructure needed to streamline lab work
• The Geminoid project is funded by:
  

Henrik Scharfe

• Director - Center for Computer-mediated Epistemology
• Associate Professor of Information Science
• M.A. Humanistic Informatics
• Ph.D. Human Centered Informatics