Robots Dubstepped: iREX by iPHONE (VIDEO)

Jun 072016
 
Robots Dubstepped: iREX by iPHONE (VIDEO)

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  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

What to Expect from Robotics in 2014: Google, Japan, and Much More (VIDEOS)

Jan 192014
 
What to Expect from Robotics in 2014: Google, Japan, and Much More (VIDEOS)

In addition to the most visible and flashy robotics projects, there is a burgeoning world of robotics development out there set to spark the imaginations of another generation of nerd and engineering culture and beyond. This year, we will see some truly amazing things – things the media have barely touched on, and not all of it revolves around Google.

 January 19, 2014  Posted by at 3:30 AM AkihabaraNews.com, Anthrobotic.com Contributor, Artificial Intelligence, Boston Dynamics, Cyberdyne, DARPA, DARPA Robotics Challenge, Exoskeleton, HAL Suit, Industrial Robots, Japan 日本 Tekk, Japanese Robots, Japan「日本」, Multimedia, Robot, Shameful Self-Promotion, Shameless Self-Promotion, Technology

Japanese Exoskeleton Update: Does Team Skeletonics have new gear? (VIDEO)

Oct 282013
 
Japanese Exoskeleton Update: Does Team Skeletonics have new gear? (VIDEO)

We’ve been in love with Team Skeletonics’ human-powered exoskeleton for years, and all throughout, it’s pretty much been the same mechanical and aesthetic configuration. But it now looks like they’ve been refining in the background, and might be bringing something new out to play.

 October 28, 2013  Posted by at 12:43 PM Activelink Power Loader, AkihabaraNews.com, Asia, Bionic, Cybernetics, Exoskeleton, HAL Suit, Human Augmentation, Japan 日本 Tekk, Japanese Robots, Japan「日本」, Prosthetics, Robot, Technology, Technology & Disability, Technology & Healthcare, Transhumanism, We're Already Cyborgs Already

BREAKING NEWS: Anthrobotic.com Releases Technosnark Virus into Mainstream Media

Mar 302013
 
BREAKING NEWS: Anthrobotic.com Releases Technosnark Virus into Mainstream Media

The technology dork in charge at Anthrobotic.com has infected yet another online news source: Japan Today’s beautifully made INSIGHT MAGAZINE. If you’ve got an iPad, subscribe! If you don’t have an iPad, get an iPad – then subscribe!

 March 30, 2013  Posted by at 1:25 AM Activelink Power Loader, AkihabaraNews.com, Asia, Bionic, CareBots, Cyberdyne, Cybernetics, DARPA, DARPA Robotics Challenge, HAL Suit, Human Augmentation, iRobot, Japan 日本 Tekk, Japan「日本」, Nuclear Stuff, Robot, Shameful Self-Promotion, Shameless Self-Promotion, Technology, Technology & Environmentalism, WarBots

Robots for Japan: talk with them, move with them, live with them… All in time.

Mar 222013
 
Robots for Japan: talk with them, move with them, live with them... All in time.

Japan’s going to be running out of people, and apparently a lot of the kids these days just don’t wanna, you know, do it. So, naturally – robots, yo.

 March 22, 2013  Posted by at 10:06 AM Aging Society, AkihabaraNews.com, Asia, Bionic, CareBots, Exoskeleton, HAL Suit, Human Augmentation, Japan 日本 Tekk, Japan「日本」, Medical Robots, Medical Technology, Prosthetics, Robot, Technology, Technology & Disability, Technology & Labor

An Upside to Fukushima: Japan’s Robot Renaissance

Mar 152013
 
An Upside to Fukushima: Japan’s Robot Renaissance

This piece is not a memorial, but hopefully a brief insight into how a terrible natural disaster has invigorated Japan’s robotics industry and brought to light a problem affecting all industrialized societies.

 March 15, 2013  Posted by at 9:52 PM Activelink Power Loader, Asia, CareBots, Cyberdyne, DARPA, DARPA Robotics Challenge, Energy Technology, Exoskeleton, HAL Suit, Industrial Robots, Japan 日本 Tekk, Japan「日本」, Nuclear Stuff, Robot, Technology, Technology & Environmentalism

Activelink Power Loader Gives HAL Some Competition, but Who’s Going to Fukushima?

Jan 172013
 
Activelink Power Loader Gives HAL Some Competition, but Who's Going to Fukushima?

Japan’s got the best robot exoskeletons, and the best among them is Cyberdyne’s HAL. But there’s a new Power Loader in town, and HAL better stay on it’s game – which is also presented here as a wildly generalizing analogy for Japan’s floppy electronics industry.

 January 17, 2013  Posted by at 9:34 PM Activelink Power Loader, Bionic, Cybernetics, Exoskeleton, HAL Suit, Here First or Best Here, Human Augmentation, Inc., Japan 日本 Tekk, Japan「日本」, Medical Robots, Medical Technology, Multimedia, Prosthetics, Robohub, Robot, Technology