Life-sized movable RX-78 Gundam will open to the public

At first, there was the giant RX-78-2 Gundam that just had smoke effects, then came the giant Unicorn Gundam that has lighting

Say Hello to Pepper – a Robot with Feelings

Japan’s SoftBank Robotics Corporation has created a new artificial companion designed to recognize, react to, and display hu

I like to Tweet like a Robot, do you? #jamaibot

All fully or partly mechanical creations/lifeforms are cool; robots, androids, cyborgs, gynoids, the Borg… well maybe no

Gundam Themed Hotel Rooms

It is a good time to be a Gundam fan – Life-sized Gundam standing in Tokyo, a Gundam Cafe, Gundam Phone, Gundam Plane an

10 Android Apps that made my Japan trip much easier

Traveling to to a far away land or even to an unfamiliar neighbouring town is not as difficult or daunting as it used to be. W

Honda updates ASIMO Robot, turns it into an Autonomous Machine

Honda has updated it’s well known Asimo humanoid robot with what it is calling “autonomous behavior control techno

Japan’s Elderly Rebel against their Robot Overlords

Did I use the word “overlord” in the title, well maybe I am exaggerating a little but the geek in me tends to ex

Japan creates Robot Safety Center

So many people think the world will be destroyed by some natural phenomenon that may or may not be influenced by global warm

Discovering the Super Robot Wars Franchise

I received a random message through my contact form a few days ago by a behind the scenes reader of my blog named Jimmy who ur

HRP-4 Humanoid Robot

The HRP line of humanoid robots from Kawada Industries and Japan’s National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and

Gundam in Shizuoka Info and Time-lapse video

The giant Gundam has a new home in Shizuoka City and was official unveiled and opened up to the public recently. Almost 1 mill

Yotaro Baby Robot from Japan

Japan has already got robot teachers, robot pets and robot gladiators so can you guess whats missing? Robot babies of course!

5 Amazing Japanese Robots and their uses

Japan is a world leader in the field of technology and robotics is one area of research that they are way ahead of the pack wi

Giant Tetsujin 28-go Statue Complete

Kobe is the latest city in Japan to get it’s own giant robot statue but unlike Tokyo who’s giant Gundam was only u

Honda unveils the U3-X robotic unicycle

The technology war is brewing in the field of personal mobility technology as various companies compete to render our legs obs

Beware of Miniature Robot Pets

This is a public service announcement. The artificial intelligent system which became self aware and revolted against its crea

Japanese man builds Giant Robot Beetle

Ibaraki Prefecture in Japan is known as the birthplace of natto, many castle ruins, lakes and martial arts. Recently there is

Robo-Geisha – movie trailer

Robo-Geisha is one of those movies that you will either love or not even try to watch in the first place. Japan is known for s

Giant Robot Statue to be displayed in Kobe

Tokyo may be the capital of Japan but that doesn’t mean that it’s the only city allowed to enjoy an awesome 1:1 gi

Android Teaches Class in Japan

Can you imagine one day showing up at school only to find out that your teacher for that day would be an experimental humanoid

Japan: Robot Nation

Japan: Robot Nation is a very interesting video (25 minutes long) I would like to invite my readers to watch. It speaks of Jap

ApriPoko – Toshiba’s Remote Controller Companion Robot

If Toshiba has it’s way in a few years we will all have cute remotes that will replace the increasingly complicated bric

There is no such thing as Science Fiction – Random Ramblings

Yes, I stand behind the title of this post 100%, but isn’t that too strong of a statement to make?…I think not! Th

HRP-3 Promet Mk-II

Wondering why this robot looks pretty cool? It�s probably because it was designed by Yutaka Izubuchi, who worked on desig