Monday, October 6, 2008

The Great Robot Exhibition

Posted by toxit at 10:55 PM


The Great Robot Exhibition: karakuri, anime and the latest robots at the National Museum of Nature and Science in Ueno, Tokyo.
A “bunraku ningyo” or “ningyo joruri,” meaning ‘puppet drama:’ this one is an ancient kabuki theatre model and stands 95cm tall…

The modern version of a dancing puppet would be the PBDR, which stands for “Partner Ballroom Dance Robot.” That’s not such an elegant name for this dancing lady created by Tohoku University, Nomura Unison and Torowazo in 2005. Its torque sensors prevent it/her from stepping on its/her partner’s feet.


slightly younger household servant: Toshiba’s ApriAlpha. The WiFi-enabled bot can recognise your voice and read e-mails aloud to you. If you get bored you can command him to wheel around the living room!

A view into Astro Boy’s finely tuned electrical body…

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