Miraikan Accessibility Lab.
Asakawa Chieko (Miraikan)
The Future Where There is More Than One "Me"
Avatar Symbiotic Society Project
About Project
Research Outline
We are developing "Cybernetic Avatars (CAs)" technologies, that allow us to experience the same sensations received from a remotely operated robot. These technologies can create a society where humans are freed from the limitations of body, brain, space, and time. At Miraikan, while conducting demonstration tests of avatar robots, we also research the ethical and social issues of CAs through dialogues with the visitors.
Future Vision
We investigate an avatar-symbiotic society in which CAs allow everyone to perform active social roles without constraint. By 2050, we will realize a balanced future society where CA technologies enhance our abilities to enable us to have greater freedom in our choice of lifestyle.
Research Director
Research Director : Ishiguro Hiroshi
Osaka University
Message from Research Director
Our activities at the National Museum of Emerging Science and Innovation will include conducting field experiments with robots and creating a space where we can talk with the general public about social norms in a human-avatar, symbiotic society. I invite visitors to the museum to join us in this initiative.
Current Projects
xDiversity Project
Ochiai Yoichi (University of Tsukuba)
Unveil & Upgrade Human Movement Performance Project
Kawakami Yasuo (Waseda University)
Exploring the Wonderful World of Children Project
Yamaguchi K. Masami (Chuo University)
Cyber Living Lab － Embodied Media Project
Minamizawa Kouta (Keio University)
Sustainable Biotechnology Project
Watanabe Kazuya (Tokyo University of Pharmacy and Life Sciences)
Project toward Smart Soft-Manufacturing Revolution
Furukawa Hidemitsu (Yamagata University)
Human Organoid Project
Takanori Takebe (Osaka University & Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center)