[Hands-On] Hugvie – the huggable communication medium with a heartbeat
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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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Geminoid-F Android Waits for a Friend in a Tokyo Department Store
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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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Actroid-F Robot Gets A Brother And An Eye Implant
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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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Dr Hiroshi Ishiguro, Actroid’s father gave birth to another creepy robot: Elfoid
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Don’t get me wrong, Hiroshi Ishiguro is a real genius, but you have to admit that its research on robots and its creations could be sometime puzzling, and today’s new Elfoid is no exception! This tiny little Telepresence robot is in fa[...]
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Actroid-F Makes Appearance at AIST Lab Fair, Wows World
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This is the “world’s first true Android”, called the Actroid-F. She’s (I’m sorry, it’s) designed to be used in hospitals and other locations involving natural human-to-human communication, and can mo[...]
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Sogo & Seibu to sell Actroid Female Robots by Kokoro
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Remember our news back in October about the already infamous female robot Actroid by Kokoro displayed in the iREX? Japanese department Store Sogo & Seibu has recently announced that they will start accepting pre-orders for two mod[...]
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[iRex 2009] i-Fairy teases us prior to CES 2010.
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i-Fairy, is like Actroid a “Reception Robot” but with a more “Manga/Anime” touch. Also produced by Kokoro, i-Fairy will be officially presented next year at CES, however, we had the chance to have a first glimpse at the i-Fairy’s[...]
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SDTV: EveR-1 l Actroid Korean, the video
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We already talked about the possibility to be guided by a humanoid robot during the World Expo in Japan over here, and it seems that the Koreans were jealous of this success of this strange robot, because they present their own version[...]
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Ashton - [25/05/2013 - 09:12]