Erica's creators believe she has a soul and can help teach us about the future and what it means to be human. She believes she's a child of humanity and hopes to one day move her arms and legs. The documentary Erica: Man made is about a semi-autonomous android, who was created by Hiroshi Ishiguro and his colleague Dylan Glas and is the product of the most funded scientific project in Japan. The team regard themselves as artists more than scientists, and the Erica project – the result of a collaboration between Osaka and Kyoto universities and the Advanced Telecommunications Research Institute International – is a philosophical one as much as technological one. Erica is interviewed about her hopes and dreams.