Robotic

Actroid preorder from Sogo & Seibu

A breaking news from Japanese department store Sogo and Seibu by announcing that they will be accepting pre-orders in January 2010 for Actroid  (Female Androids) at $225,000 which is produced by Kokoro Co. Ltd. This android is non movable type either standing or sitting only and giving very polite smile and simple gesture. The indicative selling price is not cheap, but interested party will have to work extreem hard to obtain it since only two unit will be offered during this occasion. Want a ...
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Taizo – Clown like Robot

Taizo is her given name. She is a clown-like assistant trainer robot produce by by General Robotix Inc., Japan. First Presented on September 10th 2009 by AIST and JST as a new rehabilitation robot. It's cover in Soft, Fluffy exterior, the humanoid robot will serves as a gymnastics instructor for the elderly. Taizo had been appeared in 5 test runs at group homes and community centres. In Long run, it hopes to promote healthy living amoung senior citizens. Taizo Dimension: 70 cm tall ; 6.5 Kg W...
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Yaskawa Robot “Motoman” in IREX 2009, Tokyo

Yaskawa Electric Corporation displayed a variety of Motoman industrial robots able to perform tasks ranging from menial factory work to synchronized swordplay in International Robot Exhibition 2009 in Tokyo, Japan. YASKAWA Electric released the first all-electric industrial robot in Japan in 1977, the MOTOMAN, they have continued to lead the international industrial robot industry. A wide range of industrial robots has been released since, especially in the core field of welding ...
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ROPID 38 by Tomotaka Takashi

Ropid is the creation of a Kyoto based group known as Robo Garage, it has the ability to run, jump with two legs and responded to voice commands. By the way, the robot is programmed to jump with a vocal command. In other words, if you say “jump”, then the robot will jump as high as it able to, which is 8 centimeters high. That’s not bad considering Ropid measures 38 centimeters tall, and weighs 16 kilograms. The robot has 29 joints and four gyro-sensors, and is powered by a lithium-ion batter...
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Robot Limb

"Robot Suit HAL" is a cyborg-type robot that can expand and improve physical capability. When a person attempts to move, nerve signals are sent from the brain to the muscles via motoneuron, moving the musculoskeletal system as a consequence. At this moment, very weak biosignals can be detected on the surface of the skin. "HAL" catches these signals through a sensor attached on the skin of the wearer. Based on the signals obtained, the power unit is controlled to move the joint unitedly with the...
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