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Shuuji Kajita (Leader) and others of the Humanoid Research Group, the Intelligent Systems Research Institute (Director: Shigeoki Hirai) of the National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology (AIST) (President: Hiroyuki Yoshikawa) have developed a humanoid robot (a cybernetic human called "HRP-4C") which has the appearance and shape of a human, can walk and move like a human, and interacts with humans using speech recognition and so forth.
Standing 158 cm tall and weighing 43 kg (including the battery), with the joints and dimensions set to average values for young Japanese females, HRP-4C looks very human-like. Its walking motion and general movements were developed by motion-capturing those of humans and then mimicking them by applying the walking control technology developed in the Humanoid Robotics Project (HRP.) Interactions with humans have been enabled through speech recognition and so forth.
HRP-4C was developed as part of the User Centered Robot Open Architecture (UCROA), one of the projects under the AIST Industrial Transformation Research Initiative ("AIST Initiative"), a 3-year industry-academia joint project implemented by AIST since fiscal 2006 with intended applications in the entertainment industry including use at fashion shows.
HRP-4C will appear at one of the fashion shows to be held during the 8th Japan Fashion Week in Tokyo (JFW in Tokyo) which will open on March 23, 2009.
- A humanoid robot with a realistic head and the average figure of a young Japanese female has been developed.
- Moves like a human and responds based on speech recognition.
- Expected to be used in the entertainment industry and as a human simulator for evaluation of devices.
Summary
Shuuji Kajita (Leader) and others of the Humanoid Research Group, the Intelligent Systems Research Institute (Director: Shigeoki Hirai) of the National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology (AIST) (President: Hiroyuki Yoshikawa) have developed a humanoid robot (a cybernetic human called "HRP-4C") which has the appearance and shape of a human, can walk and move like a human, and interacts with humans using speech recognition and so forth.
Standing 158 cm tall and weighing 43 kg (including the battery), with the joints and dimensions set to average values for young Japanese females, HRP-4C looks very human-like. Its walking motion and general movements were developed by motion-capturing those of humans and then mimicking them by applying the walking control technology developed in the Humanoid Robotics Project (HRP.) Interactions with humans have been enabled through speech recognition and so forth.
HRP-4C was developed as part of the User Centered Robot Open Architecture (UCROA), one of the projects under the AIST Industrial Transformation Research Initiative ("AIST Initiative"), a 3-year industry-academia joint project implemented by AIST since fiscal 2006 with intended applications in the entertainment industry including use at fashion shows.
HRP-4C will appear at one of the fashion shows to be held during the 8th Japan Fashion Week in Tokyo (JFW in Tokyo) which will open on March 23, 2009.