A look into 'You and Robots - What is it to be Human?’ exhibition

The exhibition focuses on the relationship between robots and humans, more than one hundred years after the word "robot" was invented. Some 130 robots of 90 different types are presented to the public until Aug. 31, 2022.

Robot "Posy" by Flower Robotics is displayed during the "You and Robots - What is it to be Human?" exhibition at the National Museum of Emerging Science and Innovation in Tokyo, March 22, 2022.

A boy plays with Sony’s entertainment robot Aibo during the "You and Robots - What is it to be Human?" exhibition at the National Museum of Emerging Science and Innovation (or Miraikan) in Tokyo, Japan, March 22, 2022.

A neurorehabilitation device for hands is displayed for the "You and Robots - What is it to be Human?" exhibition at the National Museum of Emerging Science and Innovation (or Miraikan) in Tokyo, Japan, March 22, 2022.

A boy stands next to robots displayed for the "You and Robots - What is it to be Human?" exhibition at the National Museum of Emerging Science and Innovation (or Miraikan) in Tokyo, Japan, March 22, 2022.

A visitor walks past "Androids discussion Geminoid HI-2 and Geminoid HI-4" by Ishiguro Labs, displayed for the "You and Robots - What is it to be Human?" exhibition at the National Museum of Emerging Science and Innovation (or Miraikan) in Tokyo, Japan, March 22, 2022.

Robot "Affetto" by Hisashi Ishihara / Osaka University Graduate School of Engineering is displayed during the "You and Robots - What is it to be Human?" exhibition at the National Museum of Emerging Science and Innovation in Tokyo, March 22, 2022.

People take pictures of Sony’s entertainment robot Aibo during the "You and Robots - What is it to be Human?" exhibition at the National Museum of Emerging Science and Innovation (or Miraikan) in Tokyo, Japan, March 22, 2022.

A staff member controls the JINKI type Zero ver.1.2, humanoid heavy machinery robot, displayed for the "You and Robots - What is it to be Human?" exhibition at the National Museum of Emerging Science and Innovation (or Miraikan) in Tokyo, Japan, March 22, 2022.

Visitors take pictures of the humanoid robot HRP-5P displayed for the "You and Robots - What is it to be Human?" exhibition at the National Museum of Emerging Science and Innovation (or Miraikan) in Tokyo, Japan, March 22, 2022.

A boy looks at the first generation of Sony’s Aibo robot displayed for the "You and Robots - What is it to be Human?" exhibition at the National Museum of Emerging Science and Innovation (or Miraikan) in Tokyo, Japan, March 22, 2022.

A visitor interacts with Pepper humanoid robot displayed for the "You and Robots - What is it to be Human?" exhibition at the National Museum of Emerging Science and Innovation (or Miraikan) in Tokyo, Japan, March 22, 2022.

A boy looks at the robot HRP-1 displayed for the "You and Robots - What is it to be Human?" exhibition at the National Museum of Emerging Science and Innovation (or Miraikan) in Tokyo, Japan, March 22, 2022.

A visitor interacts with an "Aibo" robot dog by Sony during the "You and Robots - What is it to be Human?" exhibition at the National Museum of Emerging Science and Innovation in Tokyo, March 22, 2022.

Robot "Posy" by Flower Robotics is displayed during the "You and Robots - What is it to be Human?" exhibition at the National Museum of Emerging Science and Innovation in Tokyo, March 22, 2022.

A visitor interacts with an "Aibo" robot dog by Sony during the "You and Robots - What is it to be Human?" exhibition at the National Museum of Emerging Science and Innovation in Tokyo, March 22, 2022.

A visitor interacts with "Atom" by Tezuka Productions, Kodansha, NTT docomo, Fujisoft and Vaio during the "You and Robots - What is it to be Human?" exhibition at the National Museum of Emerging Science and Innovation in Tokyo, March 22, 2022.

Robots "Asimo" by Honda Motor (L) and "Pepper" by SoftBank Robotics are displayed during the "You and Robots - What is it to be Human?" exhibition at the National Museum of Emerging Science and Innovation in Tokyo, March 22, 2022.

Robot "Asimo" by Honda Motor is displayed during the "You and Robots - What is it to be Human?" exhibition at the National Museum of Emerging Science and Innovation in Tokyo, March 22, 2022.

A visitor wears a "Necomimi" (cat ears) device by NeuroSky, a nonverbal communication tool equipped with sensors that reads the wearer's brainwaves and adjusts the device's ear positions accordingly, during the "You and Robots - What is it to be Human?" exhibition at the National Museum of Emerging Science and Innovation in Tokyo, March 22, 2022.

An android robot in the likeness of Japanese novelist Soseki Natsume by Nishogakusha University and Osaka University is displayed during the "You and Robots - What is it to be Human?" exhibition at the National Museum of Emerging Science and Innovation in Tokyo, March 22, 2022.

A visitor interacts with "iBones" by ICD-LAB Toyohashi University of Technology during the "You and Robots - What is it to be Human?" exhibition at the National Museum of Emerging Science and Innovation in Tokyo, March 22, 2022.

People visit the "You and Robots - What is it to be Human?" exhibition at the National Museum of Emerging Science and Innovation in Tokyo, March 22, 2022.