Android (robot)
An android robot, also known as a robotic android or simply a robot android, robotic droid, robot droid, robodroid or robod or an android or a droid , is a robot, specifically a humanoid robot, that looks very similar to humans.[1] In TV shows and movies, androids are usually represented by human actors without special effects, while robots are usually shown in clunky suits or in makeup.[2][3][4]
In real life, androids do exist — but they are inhuman and tend to look scary, falling into the uncanny valley.
Android (robot) Media
Repliee Q2, an android, can mimic human functions such as blinking, breathing and speaking, with the ability to recognize and process speech and touch, and then respond in kind.
Early example of the term androides used to describe human-like mechanical devices, London Times, 22 December 1795
Repliee Q2, a Japanese android
EveR-2, the first android that can sing
References
- ↑ Van Riper, A. Bowdoin. Science in popular culture: a reference guide (2002). Westport: Greenwood Press. p. 10. ISBN 0-313-31822-0.
- ↑ Jeff Prucher. Brave new words: the Oxford dictionary of science fiction (2007)Oxford University Press. p. 6–7. ISBN 978-0-19-530567-8.
- ↑ Brian M. Stableford. Science fact and science fiction: an encyclopedia (2006)CRC Press. p. 22–23. ISBN 978-0-415-97460-8.
- ↑ Eric G. Wilson. The melancholy android: on the psychology of sacred machines (2006)SUNY Press. p. 27–28. ISBN 978-0-7914-6846-3.
External videos
- Russian Android『FEDOR (callsign：Skybot F-850)』Official Videos
- Special report of Russia-24 channel: Skybot F-850 flight at YouTube - on Roscosmos State Corporation for Space Activities Official YouTube Channel(in Russian)
- Robot: space format at YouTube - on Roscosmos State Corporation for Space Activities Official YouTube Channel(in Russian)
- Space Odyssey of Robot Fedor at YouTube - on Roscosmos State Corporation for Space Activities Official YouTube Channel(in Russian)
