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 warming, war or religion etc but I would like to categorically state that that is not the case. Every individual  with any semblance of intelligence  knows that the world will...
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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 with thousands of robots already a part of the workforce mainly in manufacturing and industry. When the topic for this month’s Japan Blog Matsuri was announced to be “technology”...
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i-Real Personal Mobility Vehicle by Toyota

Japan keeps coming up with more and more exotic uses for technology, but what might seem strange and almost humorous now might be something massive in the future. Take the i-Real from Toyota as an example, two years ago it was revealed to the world and now it is in use in one of Japans airports to emergency...
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Control a Robot with your thoughts

Honda’s research and development arm, Advanced Telecommunications Research Institute International (ATR) and Shimadzu Corporation have been making massive breakthroughs in what they call “information extraction technology” with the aim of enabling the control of a robot and other mechanical...
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Honda’s Robo-Legs – Futuristic Walking Assist Device

Honda recently revealed an interesting piece of technology. The device is a robotic exoskeleton that is worn like shoes to support the body and protect the joints while moving around and doing repetitive tasks like what workers might do daily in factories. Honda developed the gadget using technology...
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Virgin Galactic takes aim at Space Tourism

I stay on top of most space related news and over the last few days media outlets all over the world has been abuzz with news that Virgin Galactic‘s unveiling of its SpaceShipTwo spacecraft and its WhiteKnightTwo carrier. So start saving from now because in 2010 a trip into space will cost you...
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Robotics and Nanotechnology

Browsing around the world wide web during my luck hour and I ran into a very interesting article over at IGN that I’d like to share with everyone. In the short lifespan of this blog I have already made quite a few robot related posts, it’s obvious that I have a great interest on the topic...
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Microsoft Surface – Touch Screen Computing

Most of my friends are Microsoft haters but the geek in me resonates with anything related to technology, good or bad, but hey who said that Microsoft was bad anyway? Microsoft recently revealed a new project to the world that had been under tight wraps for over 5 years code named “Milan”. View...
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Tamanoi Vinegar Robot

Yes oh yes, another post about robots/androids/machines following in the vein of my posts about the people lifter, Gundam 1.0, Robot Menagerie, temporary worker robot, I present to you the strangest and ironically one of the coolest looking robots yet, whats it’s purpose you ask? – to teach...
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The car I hope to be driving in 15-20 years – Honda FCX

Adding to my request for a F-22 Raptor is another request for a Honda FCX. I have been follwoing the development of quite a few hydrogen fuel cell alternative motor vehicles but this is one that I like the most. Well unlike my dreams of a Raptor this dream has a good chance of becoming truth, well stay...
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