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Tokyo: World’s first press conference with only humanoids and robots
A press conference with only the sociable robots, ‘CommU’ and ‘Sota’, and hosted by only the robot science communicator Otonaroid and the robot anchor Kodomoroid, was held at the National Museum of Emerging Science and Technology (Miraikan) on January 20, 2015 in Tokyo, Japan.
Humanoid robot ‘Otonaroid’ (L) and ‘Kodomoroid’ are seen during the press conference to introduce the sociable robots, ‘CommU’ and ‘Sota,’ hosted by only the robot science communicator Otonaroid and the robot anchor Kodomoroid at the National Museum of Emerging Science and Technology (Miraikan) on January 20, 2015 in Tokyo, Japan. CommU and Sota, developed to improve humanoids’ sense of interaction in dialogue, make people feel more engaged in conversation with them by featuring diverse eye movements and gaze directions. (Getty Images)
Professor Hiroshi Ishiguro talks with communication robot ‘CommU’ and ‘Sota’ during the press conference to introduce the sociable robots, ‘CommU’ and ‘Sota’ hosted by only the robot science communicator Otonaroid and the robot anchor Kodomoroid at the National Museum of Emerging Science and Technology (Miraikan) on January 20, 2015 in Tokyo, Japan. CommU and Sota, developed to improve humanoids’ sense of interaction in dialogue, make people feel more engaged in conversation with them by featuring diverse eye movements and gaze directions. (Getty Images)
Humanoid robot ‘Otonaroid’ talks with ‘Kodomoroid’ during the press conference to introduce the sociable robots, ‘CommU’ and ‘Sota’ hosted by only the robot science communicator Otonaroid and the robot anchor Kodomoroid at the National Museum of Emerging Science and Technology (Miraikan) on January 20, 2015 in Tokyo, Japan. CommU and Sota, developed to improve humanoids’ sense of interaction in dialogue, make people feel more engaged in conversation with them by featuring diverse eye movements and gaze directions. (Getty Images)
Humanoid robot ‘Otonaroid’ (L) talks with communication robots during the press conference to introduce the sociable robots, ‘CommU’ and ‘Sota’ hosted by only the robot science communicator Otonaroid and the robot anchor Kodomoroid at the National Museum of Emerging Science and Technology (Miraikan) on January 20, 2015 in Tokyo, Japan. CommU and Sota, developed to improve humanoids’ sense of interaction in dialogue, make people feel more engaged in conversation with them by featuring diverse eye movements and gaze directions. (Getty Images)
Communication robot ‘CommU’ sit on display during the press conference to introduce the sociable robots, ‘CommU’ and ‘Sota,’ hosted by only the robot science communicator Otonaroid and the robot anchor Kodomoroid at the National Museum of Emerging Science and Technology (Miraikan) on January 20, 2015 in Tokyo, Japan. CommU and Sota, developed to improve humanoids’ sense of interaction in dialogue, make people feel more engaged in conversation with them by featuring diverse eye movements and gaze directions. (Getty Images)
(L-R) CEO of Vstone Ltd., Nobuo Yamato, associate professor Yuuichiro Yoshikawa and professor Hiroshi Ishiguro pose with communication robot for photographs during the press conference to introduce the sociable robots, ‘CommU’ and ‘Sota’ hosted by only the robot science communicator Otonaroid and the robot anchor Kodomoroid at the National Museum of Emerging Science and Technology (Miraikan) on January 20, 2015 in Tokyo, Japan. CommU and Sota, developed to improve humanoids’ sense of interaction in dialogue, make people feel more engaged in conversation with them by featuring diverse eye movements and gaze directions. (Getty Images)
