Avatar Robot Bringing People Together - Kentaro Yoshifuji
Orihime is a desktop avatar robot that can be controlled remotely from anywhere in the world. Its creator, Kentaro Yoshifuji was inspired by his own childhood experiences of suffering from loneliness to produce a robot to connect those unable, through physical illness or anxiety, to leave their homes and interact with others. Unlike AI-equipped robots, Orihime is human-controlled, allowing users to participate by proxy at conferences or school, with eye-tracking controls under development for those with full paralysis.
Aired: Jul 07, 2016 Genre: DocumentaryDuration: 28m Rating: 0 Country: Japan Production: NHK, Japan International Broadcasting (JIB)
Episodes
01: Medical Meals-on-Wheels - Kosuke Abe02: Bringing Space within Reach - Yuya Nakamura03: Medical Computer Graphics Producer - Hirofumi Seo04: Electric Vehicle Producer - Toru Tokushige05: Electricity from Vibration - Kohei Hayamizu06: Farewell to "Mottainai" Spaces - Akiko Nishiura07: Companies Helping Countries - Daichi Konuma08: Robots for a Fun, User-friendly Future - Hisashi Taniguchi09: Bringing Japanese Tea to the World - Akihiro Kita10: Nursing Care Innovator: Yoshimi Ui11: Earning the Affection of Local People - Noriko Ishizaka12: Towards the Rebirth of "Made in Japan" - Hiromitsu Endo13: Avatar Robot Bringing People Together - Kentaro Yoshifuji14: Breathing New Life into Waste Materials: Upcycling Entrepreneur - Hiroyuki Mizuno15: Innovative Childcare Brightens the Lives of Working Families - Hiroki Komazaki16: Bringing Sparkle to Asia and the World - Makoto Seino / Toshiyuki Abe17: Simple Technology Brings Innovation in Developing Countries - Toshihiro Nakamura18: Medical Innovation, Supporting an Aging Society - Shinsuke Muto19: The Cybathlon and Expanding Our Physical Abilities with Cybernetics - Masahiro Kasuya20: Helping Foreign Students Settle In - Hiroyuki Goto21: Boosting Agriculture while Promoting a Healthy Workforce - Ryozo Kawagishi
