Open-Source Autonomous Driving Project
Kato Shinpei (TIER IV, Inc. / School of Engineering, The University of Tokyo)
From Mimicry to Personogenesis of The Android ALTER Project
Research Term：2020/04–2021/03
About the Project
In this project, we examine a possible communication between humanoid "Alter" and human. Alter is capable of mimicking human poses by watching the pose through his eye camera, and by using his internal system such as , self-simulator, autonomous neural network and his pose memories. One of our plan is to see how Alter develops his original behavior from mimicking stage.
Research Director
Ikegami Takashi
Graduate School of Arts and Sciences, the University of Tokyo
Ikegami Takashi is a professor in the Department of General Systems Studies in the Graduate School of Arts and Sciences at the University of Tokyo. He gained his Ph.D. (Doctor of Science, Physics) from the University of Tokyo in 1989. Currently, he is conducting experiments on androids (Alter 3), simulations of large scale void models, and experimental analysis of actual cell populations.
Message from Research Director
Research on artificial life is a study of the question “Can something be alive even if it is not formed from cells and DNA?” Why aren’t the robots that we know now alive? Because they cannot self-replicate? Because they do not have free will? Because they do not have their own motivations? " We will explore what lies between humanity and machines using the android ALTER in the National Museum of Emerging Science and Innovation.
Current Projects
AI Co-Creation for Everyone Project
Sugano Yusuke (Institute of Industrial Science, The University of Tokyo)
Exploring the Wonderful World of Children Project
Yamaguchi K. Masami (Department of Psychology, Chuo University)
Sustainable Biotechnology Project
Watanabe Kazuya (School of Life Sciences, Tokyo University of Pharmacy and Life Sciences)
Human Organoid Project
Takanori Takebe (Graduate School of Medicine, Osaka University / Institute of Integrated Research, Institute of Science Tokyo / Advanced Medical Research Center, Yokohama City University / Divisions of Gastroenterology and Developmental Biology, Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center)
Space Cooking & Food Experience Project
Furukawa Hidemitsu (Graduate School of Science and Engineering, Yamagata University)
AI Robot Living Lab Project
Matsushima Tatsuya (AI Robot Association (AIRoA) / School of Engineering, The University of Tokyo)