This book describes the teleoperated android Geminoid, which has a very humanlike appearance, movements, and perceptions, requiring unique developmental techniques. The book facilitates understanding of the framework of android science and how to use it in real human societies. Creating body parts of soft material by molding an existing person using a shape-memory form provides not only the humanlike texture of the body surface but also safe physical interaction, that is, humanlike interpersonal interaction between people and the android. The teleoperation also highlights novel effects in telecommunication. Operators of the Geminoid feel the robot's body as their own, and people encountering the teleoperated Geminoid perceive the robot's body as being possessed by the operator as well.Where does the feeling of human presence come from? Can we transfer or reproduce human presence by technology? Geminoid may help to answer these questions.

Among the many ways of communication between humans, touch is one of the most powerful. Touch is often used by instructors in sport or dance classes to adjust the student's posture in a very intuitive way. Using tactile instructions appears thus a very appealing modality for developing humanoid robot motions as well. Interpretation of tactile instructions spontaneously given by users is a complex task for artificial systems. Furthermore, the way users employ touch to communicate their intention is still completely unexplored. This work reports the first results obtained in the realization of a system for robot motion creation based on tactile interaction. In particular, M3-Neony, a new humanoid robot equipped with touch sensors over the whole body, will be introduced. Details of the implementation of a system for motion development based on haptic instructions will be described, showing the feasibility of the approach. Finally, an analysis on the way inexperienced uses employ touch for teaching will be provided.