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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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Etro, the social robot from Korea

By Tiago Santos - [27/8/2011 - 02:30] - 1 - Robot

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

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[...]

Toshiba introduces the Smarbo VC-RB100, its first Roomba-like vacuum cleaner

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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

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[...]

ZMP unleash a new Robot Car with the MEV-C

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The Humanoid Singer Robot from Taiwan

By Akihabara News Team - [23/8/2011 - 11:18] - 0 - Robot

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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Riken Japan upgrade its RIBA II Healthcare robot

By Daimaou - G.G-B - [3/8/2011 - 10:36] - 1 - Healthcare Robot

Riken Japan announced yesterday a noticeable upgrade of its healthcare robot RIBA II with improved power and with more accurate sensors. Stronger the RIBA II is no capable to lift patient with a weight up to 80kg (roughly a 20kg improv[...]

Riken Japan upgrade its RIBA II Healthcare robot

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Tokyo Institute of Technology introduces Robot That Can Learn, Think And Act By Itself

By DigInfo TV - [1/8/2011 - 06:43] - 3 - Robot

This robot can think, learn and act by itself using artificial intelligence. It is being developed by the Hasegawa Group at the Tokyo Institute of Technology. Using a technology called a self-replicating neural network, or SOINN(Self-O[...]

Tokyo Institute of Technology introduces Robot That Can Learn, Think And Act By Itself

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Okayama University unveils its first Wrist Rehabilitation Robot

By DigInfo TV - [30/7/2011 - 10:48] - 0 - Press Conference Robot

This is a wrist rehabilitation robot developed by a research group at Okayama University for use by people who have suffered strokes or spinal cord injuries. “This device uses a parallel link structure and a pneumatic cylinder wi[...]

Okayama University unveils its first Wrist Rehabilitation Robot

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[IFPEX 2011] Surgical Robot with force feedback from Tokyo Institute of Technology

By Daimaou - G.G-B - [23/7/2011 - 08:47] - 0 - Healthcare Robot

At IFPEX 2011, the Tokyo Institute of Technology demonstrate their latest Surgical Robot featuring the first Pneumatic force feedback system. Working on the Slave/Master principal, where a doctor can remotely operate a patient controll[...]

[IFPEX 2011] Surgical Robot with force feedback from Tokyo Institute of Technology

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[IFPEX 2011] I shake hands with SQUSE Robot Hand

By Daimaou - G.G-B - [21/7/2011 - 07:34] - 0 - Robot

Back in 2009 at FOOM JAPAN our colleagues from DigInfo.TV capture some impressive video of SQUSE Robot hand that was manipulate sushi like a real human. Today at IFPEX 2011, we had the chance to discover SQUSE amazing robot hand and te[...]

[IFPEX 2011] I shake hands with SQUSE Robot Hand

[IFPEX 2011] I shake hands with SQUSE Robot Hand

By Daimaou - G.G-B - [21/7/2011 - 07:34] - 2 - Robot

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[Robotech 2011] Professor Sawada’s Talking Robot

By Daimaou - G.G-B - [13/7/2011 - 01:31] - 2 - Robot

Today at Robotech 2011, Professor Sawada from Kagawa University in Japan demonstrates its talking robot, a robot capable to mimic and reproduce the natural human speech. Thanks to a clever set of different elements that duplicate human[...]

[Robotech 2011] Professor Sawada’s Talking Robot

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LG introduces a new Vacuum Robot with Self Voice Over Diagnostic

By Daimaou - G.G-B - [1/7/2011 - 03:49] - 0 - Household Robot

LG announced this morning a new Vacuum Robot with the VR6172LVM. Beside the usual and basic autonomous vacuuming thingy and low noise design (48dB) this Vacuum Robot comes with a new Self Voice Over Diagnostic features called “Smart Di[...]

LG introduces a new Vacuum Robot with Self Voice Over Diagnostic

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Showa University announces Showa Hanako 2

By DigInfo TV - [30/6/2011 - 03:46] - 1 - Press Conference Robot

Showa University has announced Showa Hanako 2, a robot dental patient fabricated by robot maker Tmsuk. Compared with its predecessor Showa Hanako 1, this robot is designed to be more realistic, functional, and easier to use. Showa Hana[...]

Showa University announces Showa Hanako 2

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Mayekawa introduces Automatic Chicken Breast Deboning Robot

By DigInfo TV - [15/6/2011 - 04:14] - 1 - Robot

Mayekawa Manufacturing demonstrated a robot with new image processing functions that can automatically debone chicken breasts at FOOMA Japan 2011. This robot can process 1,500 chickens per hour, 10 times as fast as doing it manually. T[...]

Mayekawa introduces Automatic Chicken Breast Deboning Robot

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Cilium – Robot Hair Interface

By DigInfo TV - [30/5/2011 - 05:31] - 0 - Robot

The Shunji Yamanaka Research Group at Keio University is doing R&D on an interface that copies the movement of cilium. Cilia are microscopic hairs on the surface of a cell which can react in unison, and are used by some microorgani[...]

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Yaskawa Robot Lightsaber duel… The Force is strong in these ones!

By Daimaou - G.G-B - [11/5/2011 - 11:23] - 4 - Robot

At this year ICRA or International Conference on Robotics and Automation in Shanghai, the Japanese company Yasakawa demonstrates its robots skills by performing a “real” lightsaber duel between two of its Motoman industrial robots. Luc[...]

Yaskawa Robot Lightsaber duel… The Force is strong in these ones!

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ASIMO to make its St. Louis debut

By Tom LESKIN - [28/4/2011 - 01:05] - 0 - Robot

If you’re a fan of Honda‘s world-renowned advanced humanoid robot ASIMO, which stands for Advanced Step in Innovative Mobility, it will be making its St. Louis debut at the FIRST Championship from April 28-30. At FIRST, ano[...]

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Kondo’s new KMR-M6 Robot is the Tachikoma of the poor

By Daimaou - G.G-B - [11/4/2011 - 04:22] - 0 - Robot

Kondo introduced last week a new spider robot in Japan the KMR-M6. Available online at 76,800 Yen this new spring supporter hexapedal robot Tachikoma like spider has been primarily built for student engineers or scientist to work on a [...]

Kondo’s new KMR-M6 Robot is the Tachikoma of the poor

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Creepynoids meet-up, when Geminoids of the world finally meet

By Daimaou - G.G-B - [8/4/2011 - 02:19] - 2 - Robot

Dr. Hiroshi Ishiguro is a pioneer, but like every pioneer is works, including Elfoid, are far from being well understood by other, but when Dr. Hiroshi Ishiguro and Henrik Scharfe meets with their “Geminoids” for a surrealist “rendez-v[...]

Creepynoids meet-up, when Geminoids of the world finally meet

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Robot Institute’s MediBot set to enter Korean Healthcare world

By Daimaou - G.G-B - [8/4/2011 - 02:18] - 0 - Healthcare Robot

The Korean based company ROBOT Institute that develop and manufacturer MediBot, announced that its little Robot will soon be available on the market. MediBot is a one meter tall robot dedicated to help and support patients in different[...]

Robot Institute’s MediBot set to enter Korean Healthcare world

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Search & rescue robots, the high tech tsunami heroes

By Ike - [23/3/2011 - 05:56] - 5 - Robot

Japan’s rescue teams were just not enough after the razing tsunami and a massive earthquake brought destruction to many coastline villages. The manned teams can use searchdogs and perform basic first aid operations such as search[...]