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Geminoid DK

Geminoid DK is a realistic android designed for research into human-robot interaction. It's modeled after Danish professor Henrik Scharfe, who remotely operates the android as his robotic surrogate.

FEATURES

Equipped with an array of actuators in the face and torso. Capable of autonomously performing breathing and blinking movements.

HEIGHT

130 cm | 51.2 in (sitting posture)

LENGTH

85 cm | 33.5 in

WIDTH

56 cm | 22 in

WEIGHT

40 kg | 88.2 lb

SPEED

N/A km/h | N/A mph

SENSORS

External cameras and microphones positioned next to the android (used for teleoperation).

ACTUATORS

Pneumatic actuators in the face (eyes, forehead, eyebrows, eyelids, and cheeks) and body (neck and shoulder).

POWER

Standard 110-V/220-V power supply

COMPUTING

Custom server and control infrastructure

SOFTWARE

Windows OS and Java-based application

DEGREES OF FREEDOM (DOF)

12

MATERIALS

Metal skeleton, silicone skin for hands and face, wig made of human and artificial hair.

COST

$165,000 (robot plus control equipment)

STATUS

Ongoing

WEBSITE

http://www.geminoid.dk



CREATOR

Aalborg University, Osaka University, Kokoro, and ATR

COUNTRY

Denmark

Year

2011

Type

Humanoids, Research

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The Geminoid DK is the first Geminoid to be modeled after a non-Japanese person. It's also the first bearded model.

To create the Geminoid body, Kokoro made molds of Professor Scharfe's head, hands, and teeth.

HISTORY



Japanese animatronics firm Kokoro and Hiroshi Ishiguro, a researcher at ATR and a professor at Osaka University, unveiled the original Geminoid HI-1 in 2006. In 2010, Kokoro, Ishiguro, and ATR introduced the Geminoid F. The Geminoid DK, third in the series, was unveiled in 2011. The robot was commissioned in 2010 and completed in 2011. It's modeled after Henrik Scharfe, a professor at Aalborg University, in Denmark, who uses the robot to study human-robot interaction.