Online Talk feat. YOSHIFUJI Ory
Talk Theme
Solitude and bonding.
We can change the world by making the impossible possible.
Talk Theme
Solitude and bonding.
We can change the world by making the impossible possible.
Guests
YOSHIFUJI Ory
Inventor/Robot communicator
NAGAHIRO Masato
OriHime pilot/Bedridden creator
Moderator
UCHIDA Maholo
Curator/Exhibition producer
To have our own role and to continue to participate in society—this is the reason for our existence and the meaning of life that everyone wishes for. YOSHIFUJI Ory developed OriHime, an avatar robot, based on his own experience as a teenager to combat solitude, and developed a series of prototypes to meet the motivations of users. This has brought a social body and an opportunity to work in a café to ALS patients and people who have limited mobility. In this talk session, YOSHIFUJI, who describes himself as a robot communicator rather than a researcher, and the OriHime pilot NAGAHIRO Masato, will talk about solitude, bonds and how the world can be changed.
Streaming schedule
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Sept. 8, 2021, 13:30 – 14:30 (CEST)
20:30 – 21:30 (JST)
YOSHIFUJI Ory
Inventor/Robot communicator
Co-founder and CEO of Ory Laboratories Inc.
Born in 1987. While in high school he participated in the invention of an equalization mechanism for electric wheelchairs. Graduated from the School of Creative Science and Engineering at Waseda University, where he developed OriHime, an avatar communication robot to combat loneliness. In the same year, he was awarded the Human Power Awards (now the TOYP Award), and in 2016, he was selected as one of the “30 Under 30 Asia” by Forbes magazine. Based on his own experience of not attending school, he aims to develop a future in which people can meet whomever they want; a future in which everyone can participate in society from the comfort of their own bed. Avatar Robot Cafe DAWN ver. β won the Social Impact Award in the Entertainment Division of the 24th Japan Media Arts Festival.
NAGAHIRO Masato
OriHime pilot/Bedridden creator
NAGAHIRO has been a crew member from the first Avatar Robot Cafe DAWN which opened temporarily in 2018, and now works for the new DAWN which became a permanent store. He was fond of drawing illustrations using his fingers and chin. He met some people at the café who shared his interest and founded his own club. Based on his experiences, he developed a game which depicted the bond between a boy who is bedridden due to his disabilities and a girl android. It was instantly sold out at the Comiket Comic Market. This game is now available on STEAM, the world's largest game distribution portal. His recent concern is that “Life is too short!”
UCHIDA Maholo
Curator/Exhibition producer
Exhibition supervisor of Miraikan (National Museum of Emerging Science and Innovation)
Born in 1971. She has worked at the Miraikan National Museum of Emerging Science and Innovation since 2002, where she specializes in the combined field of art, technology and design, and promotes art and science projects. She curated several exhibitions which bridge art and science, including a collaborative exhibition on symbols called Geo-Cosmos with domestic and global artists like Jeff Mills and Bjork. She is actively involved in introducing Japanese culture through technological innovation, robots and organizing permanent exhibits on robots and information.
Venue
AVATAR ROBOT CAFE DAWN
Avatar Robot Cafe DAWN is an experimental café where people who have limited mobility can work using the remote-controlled avatar robot OriHime. The café opened in Nihonbashi (Tokyo) in June 2021, and customers are able to talk with the pilot of OriHime, working remotely, and to order food. The café is designed to be barrier-free, with an entrance accessible by electric wheelchairs and stretchers, restrooms equipped with beds and ostomates, as well as large monitors and fixed-point cameras to optimize the facility for experiments.
1F Nihonbashi Life Science Building 3, 3-8-3 Nihonbashi-Honcho, Chuo-ku, Tokyo, Japan
