 In robot development, Ishiguro concentrates on the idea of making a robot that is as similar as possible to a live human being.At the unveiling in July 2005 of the gynoid Repliee Q1Expo (in the cybernetic world, the term for female android, gynoid, from ancient Greek "gyne", that is woman) he was quoted as saying, "I have developed many robots before, but I soon realised the importance of its appearance.A human-like appearance gives a robot a strong feeling of presence.