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Japan to Create Mind-Reading Robots by 2020
From AFP.com, great news for those hoping the robots DO win: “Japan plans to develop “mind-reading” robots and consumer electronics that can be controlled by thought alone and hopes to market them...
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Japan plans $2 billion robot moonbase by 2020
(Credit: JAXA) Last month, Japan announced its intent to send robots to the moon in 2015, of the treaded and two-legged variety. Now they have revealed that the robots will survey a construction site...
View ArticleKojiro humanoid
Kojiro is a humanoid created by the University of Tokyo’s JSK Robotics Laboratory. It was built with artificial bones, muscles, and tendons to mimic human body structure, making it theoretically...
View ArticleChiba Institute of Technology’s awesome robots
Imagine looking out the window and seeing one of these crawling around. More robot videos at the article on [CrunchGear]
View ArticleDude.
Okay, this abomination is a new telepresence robot with skin. In other words, if you are having a teleconference with someone, this thing is supposed to add a “human” element to the proceedings. Ummm…...
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They can’t pass for human… yet, but the efforts continue – introducing Yangyang
China’s Shanghai Shenqing Industry (SSI) unveils Yangyang, created in a collaborative effort with professor Hiroshi Ishiguro from Osaka University. “Ishiguro recently told IBTimes UK in Singapore that...
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