Osaka University
Logo: ATR, Public domain, via Wikimedia CommonsJapanese national university whose robotics labs include Hiroshi Ishiguro's android lab (Geminoids, Alter series with the University of Tokyo's Ikegami lab) and Koh Hosoda's adaptive robotics lab (pneumatic infant robot Pneuborn).
- Robot models in the atlas
- 99 humanoids
- First robot
- 2000Latest 2019
- Headquarters
- SuitaOsaka, Japan
- Can I buy one?Not on sale yetPrototype, pilot or research robots only
- Who uses it?3 robot models in useConducted and sang with a 35-piece orchestra in Tokyo (Feb 2019), in Dusseldorf (2019)…
- What is new?2020-01-16Scary Beauty robot opera heads to the UAE
Robots
9 robot models shown in public, from 2000 to 2019. Newest first. Open one for its full profile.
Humanoids 9 humanoids
- ResearchNo public photo yetWe only show photos we're allowed to useAlter 3Price not publishedNot for sale yetNo skills shown in public yet
- Research
ERICAPrice not publishedNot for sale yetNo skills shown in public yet - RetiredNo public photo yetWe only show photos we're allowed to usePneubornNo longer soldNo skills shown in public yet
- Retired
Geminoid FNo longer soldNo skills shown in public yet - RetiredNo public photo yetWe only show photos we're allowed to useCB2Child-robot with Biomimetic BodyNo longer soldNo skills shown in public yet
- Retired
Geminoid HI-1No longer soldNo skills shown in public yet - Retired
ActroidRepliee Q1No longer soldNo skills shown in public yet - Retired
RobovieNo longer soldNo skills shown in public yet - Retired
DBDynamic BrainNo longer soldNo skills shown in public yet
What is inside
Chips and parts suppliers named for Osaka University's robots by the maker or reputable press.
Who uses it
Customers and deployments reported for Osaka University's robots. Each robot's page links its sources.
- No public photo yetWe only show photos we're allowed to useAlter 32019 · Research
Conducted and sang with a 35-piece orchestra in Tokyo (Feb 2019), in Dusseldorf (2019) and at the Sharjah Art Foundation (Jan 2020).
- Geminoid HI-12006 · Retired
Used by Ishiguro for telepresence lectures and research; later Geminoids include F and DK.
Actroid2003 · RetiredFour Actroids guided visitors and hosted a stage at Expo 2005 in Aichi; a rental-only DER version followed in June 2005.
What is new
The latest stories about Osaka University's robots, newest first.
- Scary Beauty robot opera heads to the UAE The National · Alter 3
- Alter 3 conducts German premiere in Dusseldorf Tanzhaus NRW · Alter 3
- Android conducts orchestra in Tokyo Jiji Press via Nippon.com · Alter 3
- Sayonara UNIJAPAN / Japanese Film Database · Geminoid F
- ERICA announced Osaka University ResOU · ERICA
The company
What it says about itself and what the sources record.
- Headquarters
- Suita, Osaka, Japan
- Focus
- Androids, human-robot interaction, musculoskeletal and developmental robotics
- Funding
- University research lab; ERICA was developed within the JST ERATO Ishiguro Symbiotic Human-Robot Interaction Project.
- Partners
- University of Tokyo (Ikegami Lab), mixi, Warner Music Japan
Similar makers
Other makers of humanoids, starting with those in Japan.
- Toyota Research InstituteJapan · 11 models
- Waseda University / JST Moonshot programJapan · 10 models
- JSK Laboratory, University of TokyoJapan · 9 models
- Honda Motor Co., Ltd.Japan · 7 models
- Kawada Industries (robot business now Kawada Robotics Corporation)Japan · 6 models
- Kawasaki Heavy IndustriesJapan · 5 models
Sources
5 sources behind this page.
- Center for Information and Neural Networks (CiNet) Hiroshi Ishiguro
- Osaka University Development of a Research Platform Android 'ERICA'
- Kokoro Company Ltd. Actroid
- IEEE Spectrum Hiroshi Ishiguro: The Man Who Made a Copy of Himself
- Nippon.com (Jiji Press) Autonomous robot that sings opera and conducts an orchestra presented in Tokyo
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