Five Years of Talking Shit Finally Paid Off: SONY IS RETURNING TO ROBOTICS!

Apr 202017
 

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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!

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 April 20, 2017  Posted by at 1:43 AM 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

Japan Robot Week 2016 (GALLERY)

Nov 112016
 

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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.

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 November 11, 2016  Posted by at 10:46 PM 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

Get Your Ass to Japan Robot Week!

Sep 302016
 

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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.

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 September 30, 2016  Posted by at 5:58 AM 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

Robots Dubstepped: iREX by iPHONE (VIDEO)

Jun 072016
 

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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.

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 June 7, 2016  Posted by at 8:26 PM 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

Bionic & Biological: The Ferocious Conundrum of Being 50/50 (FOUR-YEAR FAR FAR FLASHBACKY)

Mar 192016
 

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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.

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 March 19, 2016  Posted by at 6:21 PM 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

iREX 2015 International Robot Exhibition (GALLERY)

Jan 152016
 

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December 2015’s 21st iREX International Robot Exhibition was a gigantic success. Record number of presenters. Record space required. Record attendance. We got photos.

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 January 15, 2016  Posted by at 6:46 AM Assistive Robotics, CareBots, Cybernetics, Exoskeleton, Gallery, Here First or Best Here, Industrial Robots, iREX, Japan 日本 Tekk, Japanese Robots, Japan「日本」, Robot, Robot Toys, Technology
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