Body-swapping Experiment with an Android
Maša Jazbec, Shuichi Nishio, Hiroshi Ishiguro, Masataka Okubo, Christian Peñaloza · 2017
The experiment described in this paper is performed within a system that provides a human with the possibility and capability to be physically immersed in the body of an android robot, Geminoid HI-2. The participant, through the swapped body of Geminoid HI-2, is able to see his/her own body in front of themselves like a reflection in a mirror -- then they can touch their own body by the hands of the Geminoid HI-2. We are investigating how the sense of body-ownership is generated during visual and tactile tests and how the presence of agency impacts one's body-ownership.