Everybody knows Japan is awesome at robots, but younger generations might be missing the practical, hands-on, mechanical education that enabled their forebears to create awesome robots and automation processes. Enter Robot Summer School!
Jul 052013
Jun 072013
Japan’s NHK has developed a subtly robotic virtual reality interface (that actually virtualizes the non-real), and Honda has released 100 of it’s subtly robotic assistive devices into Japanese medical institutions; Subtle robotics moves, exciting robotics potential.
June 7, 2013
Aging Society, AkihabaraNews.com, AR, Asia, Augmented Reality, Cybernetics, Exoskeleton, Honda, Human Augmentation, Japan 日本 Tekk, Japanese Robots, Japan「日本」, Medical Robots, Medical Technology, NHK, Robot, Shameful Self-Promotion, Shameless Self-Promotion, Technology, Technology & Art, Technology & Entertainment, Technology & Healthcare, Virtual Reality, VR
May 302013
The field of robotics and humanity at large lost a singular human being last week. Via Akihabara News, Anthrobotic is celebrating the work of brilliant researcher Dr. Kanako Miura.
May 30, 2013
AkihabaraNews.com, Asia, Honda, Japan 日本 Tekk, Japanese Robots, Japan「日本」, Pure Science, Robot, Technology, Technology & Education
May 242013
Anthrobotic’s Technosnark©®™ team leader, now locked into deep, dorky romance with Akihabara News, attempts to show why Pacific Rim owes huge props to giant Japanese robots, and then after that just writes a long squishy love letter to J-robots of all sizes.
May 092013
When a giant Japanese company that makes robots starts collaborating with a giant Japanese company that makes houses at the same time the Japanese government begins funding public robotics, awesomeness seems likely to follow.
May 9, 2013
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Nov 102011
If ASIMO doesn’t keep improving, becoming more adaptive and autonomous, I see many late nights with a little white robot waking from a terrible nightmare screaming: “Help, Help! PETMAN is coming to get me!
November 10, 2011
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