Geminoid DK

The man and his robot sit side-by-side on stairs. — Henrik Scharfe and his twin android. Photo: Henrik Sorensen

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.

Creators

Aalborg University, Ishiguro Lab, Kokoro, and ATR

Year

2011

Country

Denmark 🇩🇰

Categories

Features

A photo of a highly realistic humanoid robot that when swiped turns into the photo of the man it is based on. — See the man turn into a robot and vice versa. Photos: Henrik Sorensen

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Did you know?

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

A highly realistic humanoid robot that looks like a brown-eyed man with white blonde hair, a mustache and beard. — The facial hair was manually implanted and trimmed. Photo: Henrik Sorensen

Geminoid DK face test. Video: Geminoid DK

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 was modeled after Henrik Scharfe, a former professor at Aalborg University, in Denmark, who used the robot to study human-robot interaction.

A woman adjusts the arm of a humanoid male robot. The robot is very realistic, other then it's forearm which is exposed and is sectioned in several pieces. — The android getting ready for a photo session. Photo: Henrik Sorensen

A woman buttons a long sleeve white shirt onto the seated robot. — A dapper droid. Photo: Henrik Sorensen

Specs

Overview: Equipped with an array of actuators in the face and torso. Capable of autonomously performing breathing and blinking movements.
Status: Ongoing
Year: 2011
Website: web.archive.org/web/20120425180330/geminoid.dk
Width: 56 cm
Height: 130 cm (sitting posture)
Length: 85 cm
Weight: 40 kg
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).
Degrees of Freedom (DoF): 12
Materials: Metal skeleton, silicone skin for hands and face, wig made of human and artificial hair.
Compute: Custom server and control infrastructure
Software: Windows OS and Java-based application
Power: Standard 110-V/220-V power supply
Cost: $165,000 (robot plus control equipment)