anthrobotic

An American writing from southern Japan, Anthrobotic.com founder Reno J. Tibke is a voice of irreverence and levity in technology news & commentary. Through a species of responsible yet oddly punctuated technosnark flavored with questionable journalistic decorum, he discusses the primacy of technology in human civilization and promotes reasonably optimistic technological utopianism. Occasionally with mild profanity - but like, you know, fittingly.

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

Original Trilogy Star Wars Movie Posters from Japan (GALLERY)

Dec 202015
 

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Star Wars IV, V, and VI planted profound psychological seeds into many born in the mid-70s to early 80s. Props are due.

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 December 20, 2015  Posted by at 7:16 PM AkihabaraNews.com, Here First or Best Here, Japan「日本」, Robot, Robot Art, Robot Emotions, Robots in Space, Sci-Fi, Star Trek, Star Wars, Technology, Technology & Art, Technology & Culture, Technology & Entertainment

iREX 2015: Greatest Robotics Show in the Known Universe Underway in Tokyo

Dec 022015
 

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2015 marks the 21st installment of Japan’s biennial iREX robotics tradeshow, which is the world’s largest – and since it’s larger than ever, it’s basically the largest robotics event in history, yo.

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 December 2, 2015  Posted by at 5:31 PM AI, AkihabaraNews.com, Artificial Intelligence, Asia, Assistive Robotics, CareBots, Cybernetics, Here First or Best Here, Industrial Robots, iREX, Japan 日本 Tekk, Japanese Robots, Japan「日本」, Medical Robots, Multimedia, Robot, Technology, Technology & Culture, Technology & Work

TRANSHUMANISM TEST PILOTS: Robotic Arm Connected Directly to Skeleton (VIDEO)

Nov 202015
 

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What we have here is the first myoelectrically controlled robotic prosthetic attached directly to human bone. Holy shit.

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 November 20, 2015  Posted by at 9:37 PM Bionic, Future Already Very Pending, Here First or Best Here, Human Augmentation, Prosthetics, Robot, Technology, Technology & Disability, Technology & Healthcare, Transhuman, Transhumanism, Transhumanism Test Pilots

The Dyson 360 Eye: Herald of Robot Co-Assimilation (GALLERY)

Nov 022015
 

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Though machines of exceedingly basic utility, they are nonetheless the unassuming vanguard of human/robot social relationships.

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 November 2, 2015  Posted by at 4:05 PM AI, Artificial Intelligence, Asia, Existential Quandary Stuff, Future Already Very Pending, Here First or Best Here, Japan「日本」, Multimedia, NBI, Technology, Technology & Culture, Technology & Labor, Technology & Work
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