Honda Announces New UNI-CUB Personal Mobility Device Designed for Harmony with People
By Daimaou - G.G-B - [16/5/2012 - 08:53] - 
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Honda today unveiled the new UNI-CUB personal mobility device, designed for harmony with people. Featuring a compact design and comfortable saddle, UNI-CUB offers the same freedom of movement in all directions that a person enjoys whil[...]
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Sharp finally jump into the autonomous vacuum cleaner world with its latest COCOROBO
By Daimaou - G.G-B - [8/5/2012 - 12:57] - 0 - Household Robot
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Japanese manufacturer are by far the latest to jump into the autonomous vacuum cleaner war, and while Toshiba made the jump last year, it is today finally Sharp turn, behold the COCOROBO RX-V100 and RX-V80. Both model comes with Sharp [...]
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Panasonic’s hair washing robot now accepting customers
By Daimaou - G.G-B - [2/5/2012 - 11:49] - 0 - Healthcare Robot
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First announced in Japan back in September 2010, Panasonic’s Hair Washing Robot is now officially accepting humans ready to have their hair washed like a pro! Available as a trial from April 11 up to June 10th at the Hair Salon S[...]
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[Hands-On] Hugvie – the huggable communication medium with a heartbeat
By DigInfo TV - [28/4/2012 - 12:05] - 0 - Press Conference Robot
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The Hugvie is a cushion in a minimalistic human form. It contains a pocket into which you can put your mobile phone, transforming it into a physical communication medium. The shape of this huggable cushion is based on the Telenoid robo[...]
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![[Hands-On] Hugvie – the huggable communication medium with a heartbeat](http://akibacrossing.com/wp-content/uploads/images/6/46/111546/a-150-150.jpg)
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Keio University demos Robotic rings for wearable robotic interaction
By Daimaou - G.G-B - [9/4/2012 - 07:24] - 0 - Robot
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These robotic rings that imitate eye and mouth movements are being developed by a research group at Keio University. “When you wear this robot on your hand, it forms a medium for communication using the hand. So the robot serves [...]
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Keio Univeristy demos Interactive plants that react and convey emotions
By Daimaou - G.G-B - [4/4/2012 - 09:45] - 0 - Science
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A research group at Keio University are creating interactive plants, enabling them to display emotions and communicate with people. “The purpose of this system is to make living plants seem even more alive, and give them a greate[...]
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NTT demonstrate Videoconferencing system that shows who’s talking to whom
By DigInfo TV - [3/4/2012 - 08:49] - 1 - Networking
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MM-Space, being developed by a lab at NTT, is a system designed to make users of video conferencing systems involving several people feel as if they are talking to each other in the same room. This system records the faces and voices o[...]
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Bandai tweak its good old iDog and introduce the Smartpet, a Robot Dog powered by an iPhone.
By Daimaou - G.G-B - [30/3/2012 - 08:34] - 1 - Robot Toy
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Nope unfortunately this is actually not a real robot per say but a simple, yet really cute and capable toy that use an iPhone 4 (iPhone 3GS and iPod) as “brain”. Schedule to hit Japan at the end of April and announced at around 6,500 Y[...]
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Yamaha introduced the Vocaloid Keyboard in Japan
By Daimaou - G.G-B - [21/3/2012 - 09:23] - 1 - Music Instruments
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Yamaha has developed the Vocaloid Keyboard, which enables real-time performances of synthesized Vocaloid singing, by entering Japanese lyrics and pitch simultaneously. This keyboard is optimized for entering Japanese characters with on[...]
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Toshiba’s supermarket POS scanner recognizes objects, makes barcodes obsolete
By DigInfo TV - [10/3/2012 - 10:57] - 2 - Household Scanner
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The latest supermarket scanner developed by Toshiba Tec may make conventional barcodes in supermarkets obsolete. Currently, at most supermarkets, a laser scanner is used to recognize barcodes, but the newly developed Object Recognition[...]
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Geminoid-F Android Waits for a Friend in a Tokyo Department Store
By DigInfo TV - [6/2/2012 - 08:33] - 0 - Robot
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If you go to the Takashimaya department store in Shinjuku, Tokyo, by Valentines Day, you will be able to see the Geminoid-F android casually sitting in a show window, looking as if it’s waiting for a friend. Geminoid-F has been p[...]
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Tokyo Motor Show 2011 Press Briefing – Toyota, Nissan, Honda
By DigInfo TV - [3/12/2011 - 07:06] - 0 - Car
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Interested in Hi-tech and Car? Wanted to come to Japan for this year Tokyo Motor Show but was stuck at the office? Don’t worry here you are a nice little recap video just for you! This Video is provided to you by DigInfo.tv, Akih[...]
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NSK unveiled a new Robot Guide Dog at International Robot Exhibition 2011
By DigInfo TV - [17/11/2011 - 08:56] - 0 - Robot
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NSK has developed a four-legged robot with wheels, and are working towards the creation of a robotic guide dog. “This robot has wheels on the ends of its legs, so basically, on flat terrain, it uses the wheels to move. In places [...]
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Toyota Care Support Robots For Nursing And Healthcare
By DigInfo TV - [10/11/2011 - 08:27] - 2 - Healthcare Robot
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Toyota has developed robots for care support, in response to society’s aging demographics. These robots have been co-developed with Fujita Health University. They utilize advanced technologies from Toyota, including motor control[...]
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Via Toyota
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RIBA II Care Support Robot For Lifting Patients
By DigInfo TV - [7/11/2011 - 08:14] - 0 - Healthcare Robot
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RIBA II is a two-armed care support robot that can lift people from a prone position on the floor to a wheelchair, which is one of the most physically demanding tasks in nursing homes. RIBA II has been co-developed by Tokai Rubber Indu[...]
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Spherical flying machine developed by Defense Ministry’s Research Department
By DigInfo TV - [28/10/2011 - 08:20] - 7 - Robot
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This is the world’s first spherical flying machine developed by the Research Department at Japan’s Ministry of Defense. This machine can hover like a helicopter, and take-off and land vertically. But because it works like a[...]
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Pocky Game System Facilitates Biting Communication
By DigInfo TV - [26/10/2011 - 08:31] - 3 - Press Conference Gaming
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A research group at JAIST has developed a prototype system for playing the Pocky game by yourself. This project is part of the group’s research on using biting motions as a form of communication. “In the Pocky game, two peo[...]
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Actroid-F Robot Gets A Brother And An Eye Implant
By DigInfo TV - [25/10/2011 - 08:46] - 3 - Press Conference Robot
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AIST has developed a male version of its android robot Actroid-F, which was first shown to the public last year. These human-like robots imitate the movements of the people they are watching, and are currently being placed as observers[...]
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Etro, the social robot from Korea
By Tiago Santos - [27/8/2011 - 02:30] - 1 - Robot
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This new robot, is an evolution of the 2003 reading robot that had been presented then by the Korea’s Electronic and Telecommunications Research Institute. This new model is now being used as an ambassador for the improvement of [...]
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Toshiba introduces the Smarbo VC-RB100, its first Roomba-like vacuum cleaner
By Daimaou - G.G-B - [25/8/2011 - 04:23] - 2 - Household
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Since Roomba changed the way we vacuum dust around the house, LG and Samsung have since released many models similar to the Roomba, but yesterday Toshiba decided to jump into the autonomous robot vacuum cleaner world with the Smarbo VC[...]
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Via Toshiba
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ZMP unleash a new Robot Car with the MEV-C
By Daimaou - G.G-B - [24/8/2011 - 09:44] - 0 - Car Robot
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ZMP produce in Japan for years Robot Cars available for researchers and professionals all over the country, and the company released last Monday a new upgrade of its popular Robot Car with the MEV-C based on their first COMS project in[...]
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The Humanoid Singer Robot from Taiwan
By Akihabara News Team - [23/8/2011 - 11:18] - 0 - Robot
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Presented by the National Taiwan University of Science and Technology in Taipei, arrives the humanoid head capable of reading simple music scores, and synthesize the music. This is achieved by using the information that cameras in the [...]
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Via NewScientist
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Tintas Barnes - [27/05/2012 - 06:40]