May 052017
Apr 202017
There are only two possible reasons why Sony canceled their robotics programs in 2006: #1. Stupendously myopic incompetence; or #2. AIBO and/or QRIO became sentient and freaked everyone out. But hey, screw the past – SONY’S BACK!
April 20, 2017
AI, AIBO, Artificial Intelligence, Asia, Here First or Best Here, Japan 日本 Tekk, Japanese Robots, Japan「日本」, QRIO, Robot, Robot Toys, Sony, Technology
Nov 112016
Japan Robot Week 2016 went very well. The 3-day event drew 30,000 humans – nearly double the 2014 attendance. Therefrom, here is a handful of superbly mediocre photos of robots and robot stuff.
November 11, 2016
Artificial Intelligence, Asia, Assistive Robotics, Exoskeleton, Gallery, Here First or Best Here, Industrial Robots, iREX, Japan 日本 Tekk, Japanese Robots, Japan「日本」, Medical Robots, Robot, Robot Toys, Technology, Technology & Culture, Technology & Healthcare, Technology & Labor, Technology & Work
Sep 302016
Japan Robot Week is the occasionally quirkier, certainly more intimate, biennial alternate to iREX, its gigantic big brother. The focus is on Japanese firms’ service, assistive, and social robotics offerings; to the point: it’s a big-ass building filled with badass robots.
September 30, 2016
AI, Artificial Intelligence, Asia, Assistive Robotics, CareBots, Exoskeleton, Industrial Robots, iREX, Japan 日本 Tekk, Japanese Robots, Japan「日本」, Medical Robots, Robot, Technology, Technology & Disability
Jun 072016
In December of 2015, hundreds of the world’s most advanced robots crowded the massive Tokyo Big Sight Convention Center for the biennial iREX International Robot Exhibition. You might be surprised how well an iPhone 6s Plus does with that.
June 7, 2016
Apple, Asia, Assistive Robotics, CareBots, DigitalHub.JP, Exoskeleton, HAL Suit, Here First or Best Here, Hitachi, Human Augmentation, Industrial Robots, iPhone 6, iREX, Japan 日本 Tekk, Japanese Robots, Japan「日本」, Medical Robots, Mobile, Multimedia, Photography Technology, Robot, Robot Toys, Shameful Self-Promotion, Shameless Self-Promotion, Smartphone, Technology, Technology & Culture, Technology & Entertainment
Apr 302016
Australian researcher and online curator Reuben Hoggett was a pillar of the global robotics and cybernetics knowledge base. He passed away a few days ago.
Mar 192016
There are million different angles to discuss here, but by far the most interesting idea is a gradual, mutual, acquisitional merger – the pending-yet-not-far-off arrival of homeostasis between biological and mechanical life.
March 19, 2016
Aging Society, AI, Artificial Intelligence, Bioengineering, Bionic, Cybernetics, Existential Quandary Stuff, Future Already Very Pending, Here First or Best Here, Human Augmentation, Medical Technology, Prosthetics, Technology, Technology & Culture, Technology & Disability, Technology & Healthcare, The Beginning is Near, Transhuman, Transhumanism, Transhumanism Test Pilots, We're Already Cyborgs Already