Yoshihiro Nakata, Associate Professor, School of Informatics and Engineering, Department of Mechanical and Intelligent Systems Engineering

In a groundbreaking development, researchers unveil an Android Avatar named Yui, designed as a mobile humanoid Cybernetic Avatar (CA). A newly released video showcases the goals of an innovative project on CA and anticipated applications. The project establishes a versatile platform for CAs that can navigate everyday environments via teleoperation, enabling diverse social participation and providing an immersive control interface for operators.

This project is part of the ambitious "The Realization of an Avatar-Symbiotic Society where Everyone can Perform Active Roles without Constraint" initiative, managed by Hiroshi Ishiguro at the Graduate School of Engineering Science at Osaka University. It is part of the Moonshot Research and Development Program's Goal 1; “Realization of a society in which human beings can be free from limitations of body, brain, space, and time by 2050.”

In this project Yoshihiro Nakata (Group 1/Topic 3) from The University of Electro-Communications Tokyo is developing a mobile humanoid CA that possesses human-like presence and lifelikeness. This cutting-edge research and development project signals a promising step towards a future where android avatars play an integral role in enhancing human capabilities and experiences.