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Japan Robot Week 2016 (GALLERY)

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 Posted by anthrobotic 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

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

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 Posted by anthrobotic 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

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

Nov 202015

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

November 20, 2015 Posted by anthrobotic 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

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

Oct 282013

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 anthrobotic 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

Japanese Robot Stories: Honda and NHK for the Early June Win!

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 Posted by anthrobotic at 4:44 PM 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

Japanese Technology from the Future Friday [via Akihabara News]

Jun 012013

THIS WEEK’S DISPATCH: NHK is showing off touchable TV and ultra-res TV cameras that are just bananas, Japan’s got super-duper malaria vaccine (giveth to Africa), and Japan’s hunting rare earth in Malawi (taketh from Africa).

June 1, 2013 Posted by anthrobotic at 1:48 AM AkihabaraNews.com, Asia, Here First or Best Here, Japan 日本 Tekk, Japanese Technology from the Future Friday, Japan「日本」, Pure Science, Shameful Self-Promotion, Shameless Self-Promotion, Technology, Technology & Healthcare, Technology & Politics, TV

Touching His Girlfriend and Fighting Paralysis with a Robot Powered by Mind Bullets

Oct 142011

Through the Sci-Fi Nomenclature Committee approved processes of a brain interface known as “ECoG,” the science guys have shown that, even after 7 years without any actual movement, the brain is still sending signals for the body to do so. And these signals can move a robot.

October 14, 2011 Posted by anthrobotic at 11:27 AM AI, Artificial Intelligence, Brain, Cybernetics, Future Already Very Pending, Human Augmentation, Medical Robots, Medical Technology, Multimedia, Neurology, Prosthetics, Robot, Technology, Technology & Healthcare, Transhumanism, Transhumanism Test Pilots

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

In 2006, Sony did one of the dumbest things that’s ever happened in the history of robotics. BUT NOW, could it be that redemption is not only possible, but coming soon?
Japan Robot Week 2016 (GALLERY)

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.
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.
Farewell to One of Robotics’ Greatest Citizen Journalists

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

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.
iREX 2015 International Robot Exhibition (GALLERY)

December 2015’s 21st iREX International Robot Exhibition was a gigantic success. Record number of presenters. Record space required. Record attendance. We got photos.
Technosnark©®™ Lives Again (Debugged, Dehumped Anthrobotic.com Back Online)

Once again back is the tech animal! The inflammable! The uncannable!
Original Trilogy Star Wars Movie Posters from Japan (GALLERY)

Star Wars IV, V, and VI planted profound psychological seeds into many born in the mid-70s to early 80s. Props are due.
iREX 2015: Greatest Robotics Show in the Known Universe Underway in Tokyo

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

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