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Category Archives: Asia
This Bot Doesn’t Bite…
Check out this robot inspired by fleas! Scientists at Seoul National University (SNU) have recently created a robot inspired by tiny blood-sucking bugs: fleas! Pesky as these little insects may be, they’ve got an incredible physical ability that not even an … Continue reading
Robots With Gangnam Style
You may recognize this machine’s winning dance routine! South Korean pop artist PSY’s song Gangnam Style has become an international sensation. Some consider the song to be unique and catchy yet others maintain it’s rather repetitive and annoying. While the … Continue reading
Posted in Asia, Robots and Society, Robots Around the World
Tagged Gangnam Style, K pop, PSY, Robot dance competition, South Korea
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A Real Life Transformer?
Japan’s working on robots for entertainment and emergencies! If you’re a fan of Transformers, you’ll love Suidoubashi Heavy Industries’ new Kuratas robot. The jumbo toy currently on the market for about a million euros, is custom made for each of … Continue reading
More Humanoids in Action
Check out some of the most life-like robots out there! The HRP-4C Humanoid robot was developed by The National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology (AIST) of Japan and Kawada Industries. As you can see above, this robot can … Continue reading
Humanoid Robots
They’re doing their best to walk the walk and talk the talk Humans may not have the fastest or strongest bodies on earth but they are super multifunctional. Sure, we can’t jump as high as frogs, or swim as well … Continue reading
Robots Vs Humans !
Check out some of the bots at this year’s CES Tradeshow in Las Vegas while CNET’s Luke Westaway entertains us with several duels of man Vs machine
Posted in Asia, Europe, Robots and Society, Robots Around the World, USA
Tagged 2012 technology, CES Trade show 2012, CNET, Luke Westaway, Robot Companions
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Meet the Mask-bot
it’s more than just a pretty face… At first glance it’s a generic plastic mask fixed in front of a projector. Switch it on and you’re looking at the most realistic ¨talking head¨ yet. Researchers from the Institute of Cognitive … Continue reading
Welcome to a Robot-Lover’s Paradise
Robot Land is scheduled to open in 2014 in Incheon, South Korea South Korea’s got robots covered; from classrooms to the Northern border, the nation’s using robots to support humans just about anywhere. But their robots aren’t all work … Continue reading
Posted in Asia, Robots and Society, Robots Around the World
Tagged Incheon, Robot Companions, Robot Culture, Robot Land, Seoul, South Korea
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“Thinking” Robots
We’ve been thinking about them for a while… Hiro, a humanoid robot developed by professor Osamu Hasegawa at the Tokyo Institute of Technology has been proclaimed a ¨world first¨for its ability to ¨learn¨from its environment and research relevant information on … Continue reading
Posted in Asia, Robots and Society, Robots and the Environment, Robots Around the World, Robots, Brain, Mind and Behaviour
Tagged Cognitive Robots, European Robotics Forum, FET Flagship, Hiro, Osamu Hasegawa, Paolo Dario, Robot Companions for Citizens, Thinking Robots, Tokyo Institute of Technology
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