Erica

A highly realistic humanoid female robot with golden skin, almond shaped eyes, and shoulder length brown hair wears a black button up shirt and purple sweater.
A lifelike android. Photo: Osaka University/ATR

Erica is an advanced android designed as a research platform to study human-robot interaction. It understands natural language, has a synthesized human-like voice, and can display a variety of facial expressions.

Creators

Ishiguro Lab, Kyoto University, and ATR

Year
2015
Country
Japan 🇯🇵
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Features
Erica introduces herself. Video: Osaka University/ATR

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When Erica is listening, it blinks and moves its eyes and head, just like a person.

A man with black hair, glasses and a black outfit looks at a female humanoid robot with golden skin, almond shaped eyes, and shoulder length brown hair.
Erica and its creator, Professor Hiroshi Ishiguro. Photo: Osaka University/ATR
A close-up of female robot Erica's face, which has smooth peach color skin, pink lips, brown almond shaped eyes, and brown hair.
Close-up of Erica's face. Photo: Hiroshi Ishiguro Laboratory/ATR

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Female robot Erica wearing a new long bob hairstyle that is lighter brown while sitting in a brightly lit atrium with plants in the background.
Erica tries a new hairstyle. Photo: Hiroshi Ishiguro Laboratory/ATR

Specs

Overview

Natural dialogue and motion-generation capabilities. Ultrarealistic human-like appearance. Facial expressions and gesture motions.

Status

Inactive

Year

2015

Website
Height
166 cm
Sensors

Two CMOS cameras and two microphones in the head

Actuators

44 pneumatic actuators

Degrees of Freedom (DoF)
44 (Face: 13 DoF; Neck: 4 DoF; Arms: 9 DoF x 2; Torso: 3 DoF; Hands: 3 DoF x 2)
Materials

Silicone (face, arms, and hands)

Compute

Sensor network connected to multiple PCs. One PC to control actuators.

Software

ROS, Java, Python

Power

0.7-MPa compressed air to drive the pneumatic actuators and 24-V DC power supply to control the valves