Japanese convenience store chain Lawson announced that they were going to deploy digital avatars on register monitors that are remotely controlled by real humans, to address the labour shortage issue. The digital avatar system is developed by Prof Hiroshi Ishiguro, director of the Intelligent Robotics Laboratory at Osaka University, who is a renowned expert on […]
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Jun
Jun
In a recent interview, Prof Hiroshi Ishiguro shared his insights on the impacts of robotics on society and business. “Erica”, Prof Ishiguro’s technological marvel, can hold conversations with strangers. Prof Ishiguro explains further that when it comes to robots in our everyday lives, the key is in building relationships and trust, not perfecting appearance. Prof […]
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Nov
Nov
We are most delighted to have the opportunity to work with Prof Hiroshi Ishiguro again, this time in his home country! We are simply star struck! Prof Ishiguro is a world renowned robot scientist, who famously made a “robot twin” of himself, and also has one of his robots stared in a movie, for the first […]