Japanese Scientist Builds Robots That Look Eerily Human

Q. What are androids?

A. Androids are robots in human appearance

Q. Name the three robots Professor Hiroshi Ishiguro has created for the 'Android: What is Human' exhibition? What are their respective roles?

A. Two females, an adult (Ononaroid), a child (Kodomoroid) , and a small baby-like robot (Telenoid). They can have conversations with people, helping to make them less "creepy." Kodomoroid can recite news articles, and speak several different languages, in different voices ranging from a high pitched girls voice to a low mans voice. Telenoid can hug people and engage in short conversations.

Q. Why are androids more difficult to build then normal robots?

A. They have to make everything a human has, for example, the teeth. Then they have to carefully mold and paint the android to look like a normal human. After that they have to program it carefully to make actions like a human, and also think like a human.