Philip K. Dick Android

Public services

Research and development

Autonomous task execution

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Philip K. Dick Android Capabilities

Inherent physical, perceptual, and cognitive abilities built into Philip K. Dick Android.

Gesture recognition

Human-robot interaction

Learning

Lifelike face and expressions

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Robot Specifications

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Stationary (robotic head)

Dimensions

Life-size robotic head and upper body

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Robot Timeline

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2005

Hanson Robotics creates the Philip K. Dick android, first displayed publicly at Wired NextFest, and the team wins an AAAI award for the conversational portrait.

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2005

An early prototype head is lost during a flight from Dallas to San Francisco.

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2011

Hanson Robotics works with Dutch broadcaster VPRO on a new version with 36 servomotors for a wider range of facial expressions.

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Philip K. Dick Android • Hanson Robotics

Hanson Robotics’ Philip K. Dick Android shows how teleoperated humanoids can turn author likeness into a conversational machine

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A literary body returns

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How it worked

The Philip K. Dick Android, built by Hanson Robotics with collaborators including the FedEx Institute of Technology team, the University of Texas at Arlington, and later rebuilt with VPRO support, was demonstrated as a lifelike humanoid bust designed to recreate the science-fiction writer’s voice and presence. The project mattered because it tackled a hard humanoid problem that is still central today: how to combine human motion input, speech, and facial expression into a believable social robot.

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Philip K. Dick Android vs Han, Origin M1, Elf-Xuan 2.0 and Alter 3

Philip K. Dick Android overlaps with these alternatives on Public services and Education and training.

Industries and capabilities are tags, not scores: a tick means the robot is listed for it. Green marks the best figure in a row (highest max speed). Ranges are not ranked.

Philip K. Dick Android compared with Han, Origin M1, Elf-Xuan 2.0 and Alter 3: industries, capabilities, max speed and released
Spec	Philip K. Dick AndroidHanson Robotics	HanHanson Robotics	Origin M1AheadForm	Elf-Xuan 2.0AheadForm	Alter 3Osaka University and MIXI
Industries
Public services	Yes	No	Yes	No	Yes
Education and training	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
Research and development	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
Capabilities
Autonomous task execution	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
Gesture recognition	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
Human-robot interaction	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
Learning	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
Max Speed	Stationary	Stationary	0 m/s	Stationary	0 m/s
Released	2023	2015	2025	2025	2020

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