Could you tell whether you are talking to a Robot or a real person when a human like machine would sit in front of you? Henrik Schärfe designed a very human and realistic robot... and it looks like him. In his talk Henrik confronts the audience with highly interesting information about artificial intelligence, his DK Geminoid (robot) and tells us about what we can expect from robotics in the future.

Henrik is a real “robot-person”. While people usually spend their leisure time with cats, dogs, or other human beings, Henrik thought it would be more interesting to hang out with an exact, robotic copy of himself. This is why he created the Geminoid-DK, a robot-version of Henrik. Besides that, he is Professor of Information Science at Aalborg University and an internationally acclaimed speaker. Among the many keynotes, you will find places like National University UNA (Costa Rica), ExpoTic (Lima, Peru), UESTC Chengdu (China), TED2012, and the India Today 2014 Conclave in Delhi. With his android, Henrik is also listed in the 2013 version of the “Guinness Book of Records”.

This talk was given at a TEDx event using the TED conference format but independently organized by a local community. Learn more at http://ted.com/tedx