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Digital Performance webzine di Anna Monteverdi
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Alter Itsuki Doi (JP), Takashi Ikegami (JP), Hiroshi Ishiguro (JP), Kohei Ogawa (JP)-Award of Distinction Ars Electronica 2018
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Alter is a robot developed for the purpose of exploring what it means to be “life-like.” In contrast with the Otonaroid, Alter appears to be a machine that has been stripped bare. However, it expresses life-likeness through complex movements. These movements may look haphazard, but change constantly due to the underlying algorithm that mimics the logic of neural circuits of living things. A moment of “life-likeness” emerges as you observe closely—what is that moment like? Attempt to find your own answer to that question.

 

Alter does not move in ways that are determined beforehand; rather, the movements made by the entire body are created in real-time. Furthermore, your responses are perceived by sensors and reflected into the movements. Sensors that measure the distance between Alter and human beings observe the movements of the people around Alter, and send signals to the program. A central pattern generator (CPG) creates a basic rhythm that is cyclical, yet gradually deviates from the original pattern. A neural network of 1,000 nerve cells is recreated on the computer, and Alter “learns” life-like activities based on signals sent from the sensors. Based on computer signals that are rhythmic and changing, compressed air is sent through 42 joints to create smooth movements.

Alter was born through cooperation between a researcher of androids, which are robots that appear identical to human beings, and a researcher of artificial life, who attempts to recreate life on a computer. Both researchers ask the same question: “What is life?”—but the hypotheses on that are different.

Biografie:

Takashi Ikegami (JP)Takashi Ikegami (JP) is a professor at the University of Tokyo. He specializes in artificial life and complexity, and has been known to engage on the border between art and science.

Hiroshi Ishiguro (JP)Hiroshi Ishiguro (JP) received a D.Eng. in systems engineering from Osaka University, Japan in 1991. He is currently Professor at the Department of Systems Innovation in the Graduate School of Engineering Science, Osaka University, and Distinguished Professor of Osaka University. He is also visiting director (group leader: 2002-2013) of Hiroshi Ishiguro Laboratories at the Advanced Telecommunications Research Institute and an ATR fellow. His research interests include distributed sensor systems, interactive robotics, and android science.

Kohei Ogawa (JP)Kohei Ogawa (JP) is a robotics and Al researcher at Osaka University, where he has been an Associate Professor since 2017. He is working on a robotics and interaction study.

Itsuki Doi (JP)Itsuki Doi (JP) is a sound artist and a PhD candidate at the University of Tokyo, Graduate School of Art and Science, where he also received his Master Degree of Science in 2015.

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Supported by Osaka University and Tokyo University

07/10/2018 Castellucci daniele

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