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Palro
A new hobby type robot called Palro from Japanese company Fuji Soft has been introduced. This cute robot will cost around $3,300 and stands 15″ tall. Palro has 20 DOF, 4 microphones, a speaker, camera, 3 axis gyro sensor, 4 pressure sensors and an LED array in its head. Palro is also able to recognize [...]
Mannequin Robot
A Japanese robotic mannequin can change a pose when a customer walks by. The robot uses a proximity sensor to detect how close the shopper is and then changes its pose. They hope to one day use facial recognition software to determine a viewers sex and even make the robotic mannequins react to shopping bag [...]
Wakamaru Robot to Join Japanese Festival
The Osaka Tenjin Festival is one of three great festivals in Japan. This yearly July festival attracts more than a million visitors each year. This year, a Wakamaru robot from Mistubishi Heavy Industries is being trained for the festival. See our previous post when this robot was in a stage play. The robot is being [...]
Treasure Trove Of Robots Uncovered In Japan
Wow. This was certainly part of one little boy’s childhood fantasies. These awesome robots were built by Jiro Aizawa in the 1950′s and 1960′s and apparently have been sleeping in a warehouse until now. The Google translator states the following: Were sleeping in a warehouse until it’s released by the packaging. We look at the [...]
Coffee Making Robot
Check out this cool little Japanese robot that has been programmed to grind and make coffee. The robot has been programmed to execute a lengthy complicated set of maneuvers. Now if only it could also make toast. Click through for the video.