Keynote: Avatar and the future society

9:30 am - 10:30 am

In this lecture, the speaker will introduce the technologies of autonomous robots and avatars (teleoperated robots and CG characters) that he has developed, and discuss how the avatar technology will change the world.

　It is important to enable people with various backgrounds and values, such as those who need to care for or raise children or the elderly, to participate in diverse activities according to their own lifestyles, and to realize a society in which people are free from the constraints of body, brain, space, and time. Avatar is the realization of such a society.

　The speaker is engaged in research, development, and business with the aim of enabling anyone to freely and remotely control multiple avatars and participate in diverse work, educational, medical, and everyday social activities without having to go to the field.

Key Technologies Covered

Avatar technology

Featured Speakers

Prof. Hiroshi Ishiguro

Professor, The University of Osaka

Hiroshi Ishiguro received a Ph. D. from Osaka University, Japan in 1991. He is currently Professor of Department of Systems Innovation at Osaka University, Visiting Director of Hiroshi Ishiguro Laboratories at the Advanced Telecommunications Research Institute (ATR), Project Manager of MOONSHOT R&D Project, Thematic Project Producer of EXPO 2025 Osaka, Kansai, Japan, and CEO of AVITA, Inc. His research interests are interactive robotics, avatar, and android science. Geminoid is an avatar android that is a copy of himself. In 2011, he won the Osaka Cultural Award. In 2015, he received the Prize for Science and Technology by the Minister of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology. He was also awarded the Sheikh Mohammed Bin Rashid Al Maktoum Knowledge Award in Dubai in 2015. Tateisi Award in 2020, and honorary doctorate of Aarhus university in 2021.