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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

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[...]

[Hands-On] Hugvie – the huggable communication medium with a heartbeat

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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

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[...]

Geminoid-F Android Waits for a Friend in a Tokyo Department Store

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Actroid-F Robot Gets A Brother And An Eye Implant

By DigInfo TV - [25/10/2011 - 08:46] - 6 - Press Conference Robot

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[...]

Actroid-F Robot Gets A Brother And An Eye Implant

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Actroid-F Makes Appearance at AIST Lab Fair, Wows World

By Akihabara News Team - [28/10/2010 - 06:08] - 0 - Robot

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[...]

Actroid-F Makes Appearance at AIST Lab Fair, Wows World

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i-Fairy Robot officially wed a couple in Japan

By Daimaou - G.G-B - [16/5/2010 - 02:00] - 6 - Robot

Some jump from an airplane to get married, other does the very same romantic ceremony under the sea, but in Japan, well, people like to do things a bit differently… Today a nice couple Tomohiro & Satoko, decided that Kokoro’[...]

i-Fairy Robot officially wed a couple in Japan

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Sogo & Seibu to sell Actroid Female Robots by Kokoro

By Akihabara News Team - [15/12/2009 - 04:27] - 0 - Robot

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[...]