Robots
Meet the Origami Robot
A surgeon from Japan has used a robotic surgical system to fold some papers. The result is amazing.
The system in the video is called the Da Vinci system and it’s made by Intuitive Surgical from Sunnyvale in California. The system allows the surgeon to perform tasks in HD video while moving the robotic hands. [...]
Crazy Japanese Trucks
The art of “Dekotora” “or in simple English “pimping trucks” is a very know art in Japan. The truckers are decorating the trucks with neon lights, shiny paints and add everything that can be glued to the top of the truck. These trucks are used only as hobby trucks only and do not being [...]
Japanese Robot Climbs Grand Canyon like Tom Cruise
In a scene taken directly from the script writer of Mission: Impossible 2, the Japanese Evolta robot has shown breath-taking climbing capabilities.
The robot, 17 centimeter tall and 130 grams in weight, was forced to climb a 500 meters canyon as a demonstration by Panasonic for its new line of alkaline batteries.
The Evolta (combining “evolution” and [...]
A Symphony For Robots And Brass
We all know that Japanese loves robots and that the robots can do all kind of thing for them. They can be our best friends, decide what we watch on TV, or just be stupid and useless. But now they can also play for them in a concert.
Toyota showed a performance by introducing its line [...]
It’s a Dog, It’s a Robot – It’s RoboDog
Man best friend in Japan always had a different meaning. It started when Sony introduced Aibo back in 1999 to the world. Aibo was a cute robot dog, which knew how to perform basic operations such as walking and recognizing voice commands.
Unfortunately, Sony eventually decided to cease Aibo production after 170,000 dogs sold. Although Aibo [...]
Clean The Toilet With A Robot
The last couple of days saw the rise of the machines in Japan. We know that Japanese scientist and people love robots, but it seems that it only gets stronger.
A new robot is supposed to clean urinals. The engineers at Mertec Engineering, the company that brought us this life-changing invention, claim that the robot [...]
Robot Wars From The Future
It’s no secret that Japanese people and engineers like robots. We’ve seen them inventing a RoboPhone, getting the robots to fight against each other, let them change the TV channels and even make fool of themselves in a useless robots competition.
So that’s we are not surprised to see a real battle that was held in [...]
The Official Contest Of Useless And Stupid Robots
Where in the world you could have people trying to compete against each other with absolutely useless robots? Well, you should not be surprised to know that it’s the same place with a robot that changes the TV channels, or robots fighting against each other to death.
The annual Meiwa Electronics annual Stupid Robot Contest, is [...]
What’s On TV? The Robot Will Decide
Japanese people are crazy about robots. There are helper robots for lifting cargo, receptions robots, and of course fun robots like Sony’s Aibo (discontinued) or Honda’s Asimo. But researches in Toshiba have finally found the most important task for sophisticated robots to handle: change TV channels.
Meet ApriPoko, a voice operated robot with remote control capabilities [...]
Robot Vs. Robot
It’s only in Japan that one robot can fight another robot and it’s seems right for everyone.
Robo-One, was held in Korakuen stadium in Tokyo today and drew much attention as every year.
112 robots started the championship and fell along the fights. South Korean robot Teakwon-V, took home the championship belt and $10,000 in the lightweight [...]
